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Communication system with voice announcement means

  • US 4,720,848 A
  • Filed: 11/30/1984
  • Issued: 01/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system with voice announcement means, comprising:

  • (i) a plurality of terminal devices;

    (ii) a switching system connected to said terminal devices, wherein a person identification number is assigned to each user independently of said terminal device and said personal identification number is registered in the switching system as a directory number to get access to a desired person, and havingmeans for storing elemental coded speech signals from which a vocal announcement of a person'"'"'s name may be generated, means responsive to signals representing a personal identification number received from a calling terminal device and exclusively representing a called person for identifying the called person'"'"'s name and a terminal device assigned to the called person,means responsive to said identifying means for retrieving and editing said elemental coded speech signals from said storing means to form a coded vocal message indicating the called person'"'"'s name,means for synthesizing said edited coded message into a vocal message including the name of the called person, andmeans for transmitting said speech synthesized vocal message to the called terminal device identified by said identifying means; and

    (iii) said terminal devices having means for receiving a speech synthesized vocal message transmitted from said switching system, and means for vocally announcing said speech synthesized vocal message during a signalling period of a call.

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