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Apparatus for providing telephonic mass announcement service and methods for use therein

  • US 5,056,086 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1989
  • Issued: 10/08/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Mass announcement apparatus for telephonically providing announcements to callers therefor comprising:

  • a processor;

    storage means for digitally storing a first plurality of announcements;

    announcement circuit means for storing a second plurality of announcements and for producing a first time division multiplexed signal having a first plurality of recurring time slots wherein each announcement in said second plurality of announcements appears on a corresponding one of said first time slots;

    interface means for producing a second time division multiplexed signal having a second plurality of recurring time slots;

    switch means for establishing a first time slot connection between a time slot of said first plurality of recurring time slots in said first time division multiplexed signal and a time slot of said second plurality of recurring time slots in said second time division multiplexed signal and associated with a caller; and

    means for interconnecting said processor, said storage means and said announcement circuit means; and

    wherein said processor, in response to a telephone number dialed by said caller and associated with a selected one of said first plurality of announcements, instructs said switch means to establish said first time slot connection between said first and said second plurality of recurring time/slots, causes the selected announcement to be downloaded over said interconnecting means from said storage means to said announcement circuit means for storage therein as one of said second plurality of announcements, and instructs said announcement circuit means to play back said selected announcement on the time slot of said first plurality of recurring time slots so as to carry the selected announcement over the first time slot connection from said announcement circuit to said caller.

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