Automatic telephone answering apparatus
First Claim
1. An automatic telephone answering apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting a telephone call from a calling telephone and in response engaging a loop circuit;
means for reproducing a first message after said loop circuit is engaged in order to announce a name of a called party and ask a caller'"'"'s name;
a wireless transceiver carried by the called party;
means for amplifying and reproducing a caller'"'"'s voice in the region of a called party telephone set to which said apparatus is connected when the caller gives his name in response to the first message;
means for receiving an acknowledgement signal from said transceiver to automatically reproduce a second message and transmit said second message to the calling telephone;
timer means for establishing time durations; and
means for reproducing a third message after a first time duration established by the timer has elapsed when the caller does not give his name in response to the first message.
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Abstract
A telephone answering apparatus responds to an incoming call by reproducing a message greeting the caller and requesting the caller'"'"'s name. The response by the caller is amplified in the region of a called parties telephone set to be heard by the called party. If the called party is able to receive the call immediately, an acknowledgment signal is transmitted via a wireless transceiver carried by him back to the answering machine so that a message such as "Please wait a moment." is reproduced. A third message advising the called party is not available but will return the call is generated automatically after a predetermined time duration if the acknowledgment signal is not transmitted by the called party via the transceiver or the called party has not answered the telephone.
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3 Claims
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1. An automatic telephone answering apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting a telephone call from a calling telephone and in response engaging a loop circuit; means for reproducing a first message after said loop circuit is engaged in order to announce a name of a called party and ask a caller'"'"'s name; a wireless transceiver carried by the called party; means for amplifying and reproducing a caller'"'"'s voice in the region of a called party telephone set to which said apparatus is connected when the caller gives his name in response to the first message; means for receiving an acknowledgement signal from said transceiver to automatically reproduce a second message and transmit said second message to the calling telephone; timer means for establishing time durations; and means for reproducing a third message after a first time duration established by the timer has elapsed when the caller does not give his name in response to the first message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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