The home answering system
First Claim
1. We claim The Home Answering System consists of a Main Unit. The Main Unit is installed anywhere in the home where there is an A/C current. From the Main Unit you can set the Home Answering System on various modes. It is programmed with pre-recorded greetings and prompts, or they can be personalized. It displays the time and date. The Main Unit rings will someone rings the signaling device. The Main Unit allows you to interrupt the automated greeting and respond to the visitor. The Main Unit records messages left by visitors along with the time and date that each message is left. It also allows home occupants to leave recorded messages to one another. From the Main Unit, you can personalize greetings. From the Main Unit you can respond to visitors. From the Main Unit you can retrieve all unheard messages along with the time and date they were left. From the Main Unit you can delete or save messages. From the Main Unit you can page the Mobile Unit. From the Main Unit you can talk on the intercom to the Mobile Unit. The Main Unit is equipped with volume control. It alerts you of messages. It alerts you when the Mobile Unit is out-of-range. It alerts you when the Mobile Unit'"'"'s battery is low.
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Abstract
This new and unique system will revolutionize the way people answer their doors. It allows people to answer the door without having to physically go to it, from any room inside the home, or even from outside of the home.
It consists of three parts, the Main, Mobile, and Receiver Units. Together they give you the comfort of allowing you to decide if you want to answer the door or let the system answer it for you. The system can be customized or play a pre-recorded prompt.
It can operate in various modes. System users can communicate with one another inside and outside of the hone. They can also leave messages for each other. Because it is unknown to the visitor whether you are at home or not, the system gives you the flexibility of being away for extended periods of time. When you are unavailable it takes the time and date of each message left by a visitor.
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3 Claims
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1. We claim The Home Answering System consists of a Main Unit.
The Main Unit is installed anywhere in the home where there is an A/C current. From the Main Unit you can set the Home Answering System on various modes. It is programmed with pre-recorded greetings and prompts, or they can be personalized. It displays the time and date. The Main Unit rings will someone rings the signaling device. The Main Unit allows you to interrupt the automated greeting and respond to the visitor. The Main Unit records messages left by visitors along with the time and date that each message is left. It also allows home occupants to leave recorded messages to one another. From the Main Unit, you can personalize greetings. From the Main Unit you can respond to visitors. From the Main Unit you can retrieve all unheard messages along with the time and date they were left. From the Main Unit you can delete or save messages. From the Main Unit you can page the Mobile Unit. From the Main Unit you can talk on the intercom to the Mobile Unit. The Main Unit is equipped with volume control. It alerts you of messages. It alerts you when the Mobile Unit is out-of-range. It alerts you when the Mobile Unit'"'"'s battery is low.
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2. We claim The Home Answering System consist of a Mobile Unit.
The Mobile Unit can be plugged anywhere in the home where there is an A/C outlet. The Mobile Unit can be cut on or off. It charges on its stand. It is removable from its stand and can be carried or clipped on to one'"'"'s clothing. The Mobile Unit rings will someone rings the signaling device. The Mobile Unit allows you to interrupt the automated greeting and respond to the visitor. The Mobile Unit works throughout the home and within a specified radius outside the home. The Mobile Unit allows you to respond to visitors from anywhere inside the home. The Mobile Unit allows you to respond to visitors from outside the home (within a specify range). From the Mobile Unit you can respond to visitors. From the Mobile Unit you can retrieve messages left by visitors. From the Mobile Unit you can page the Main Unit. From the Mobile Unit you can talk on the intercom to the Main Unit. The Mobile Unit has a volume control. The Mobile Unit has an out-of-range alert. The Mobile Unit has a low battery alert.
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3. We claim The Home Answering System consist of the Receiver Unit.
The Receiver Unit is installed outside of the home or apartment. The Receiver Unit is a signaling device and a two-way transmitter that is wired to the Main Unit powered by an A/C current. The Receiver Unit initiates communication between visitors and the Main Unit. The Receiver Unit initiates communication between visitors and the Mobile Unit. The Receiver Unit alerts you of a visitor. It plays the recorded greeting to the visitor. It allows two-way communication between the visitor and the householder.
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Current AssigneeBianca Lynett Dixon, Leonard Allen Dixon
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Original AssigneeBianca Lynett Dixon, Leonard Allen Dixon
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InventorsDixon, Bianca Lynett, Dixon, Leonard Allen
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Application NumberUS10/098,253Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current340/539.1CPC Class CodesH04M 1/0291 Door telephonesH04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital formH04M 1/724 User interfaces specially a...
