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Animatronic creatures that act as intermediaries between human users and a telephone system

  • US 20070217586A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2006
  • Published: 09/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An animatronic telephone agent comprising, in combination, a communications subsystem connected to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving incoming telephone calls, and a robotic automaton coupled to said communications subsystem and responsive to said incoming telephone calls for performing different movements that provide non-verbal visual cues to a human observer that are indicative of the status of one of said incoming telephone calls.

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