Voice Caller ID

• US 20080310615A1
• Filed: 08/25/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Enzmann, Mark J., Zellner, Samuel N., Moton, Robert T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,139,758 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/373.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier

Abstract

An apparatus and method for audibly annunciating at a device information transmitted over a telephone network. The information is transmitted in the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal is representative of the information. The apparatus includes a receiver for capturing a ring signal and a modulated signal representative of information transmitted over a telephone network during an interval between the ring signal and a subsequent ring signal; a converter in communication with the receiver for converting the modulated signal into a stream of audible signals; and a speaker in communication with the converter for producing audible sounds corresponding to the stream of audible signals representative of the information received over the telephone network.

Claims

1. An apparatus for audibly annunciating at a device caller identification information transmitted over a network, the information being transmitted in the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal is representative of the information, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver for capturing a ring signal and a modulated signal representative of the caller identification information transmitted over a telephone network during an interval between the ring signal and a subsequent ring signal;

a converter in communication with the receiver for converting the modulated signal into a stream of audible signals; and

a speaker in communication with the converter for producing audible sounds corresponding to the stream of audible signals representative of the information received over the telephone network.