Information service apparatus
First Claim
1. An information service apparatus for serving one of a plurality of stored voice messages to a caller through a telephone line, comprising:
- (a) message storing means for storing said plurality of voice messages;
(b) voice message reproducing means for reproducing one of said plurality of voice messages;
(c) table means for storing plural tables, for forming a hierarchical system, each of said plural tables including at least one of a plurality of table addresses to be accessed next, a message address of said one of said plurality of voice messages, and a selected one of a plurality of predetermined service codes;
(d) dial signal detection means for detecting a dial signal sent through the telephone line; and
(e) first control means responsive to a call from the caller for entering said hierarchical system and changing a scene in said hierarchical system in response to each detection of the dial signal by;
i) accessing one of said plural tables selected in accordance with the detected dial signal with reference to a table address of a previously accessed one of said plural tables; and
ii) reading one of said plurality of voice messages in accordance with a message address of the currently accessed one of said plural tables and supplying said read one of said plurality of voice messages to the caller through said voice message reproducing means, said first control means detecting said one of said plurality of predetermined service codes stored in said currently accessed one of said plural tables; and
(f) second control means responsive to said first control means and, in the presence of said selected one of said plurality of predetermined service codes in said currently accessed one of said plural tables, selecting one of a plurality of predetermined services in accordance with said selected one of said plurality of predetermined service codes detected by said first control means and effecting said selected one of said plurality of predetermined services.
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Abstract
An information service apparatus for serving one of messages stored to a caller through a telephone line, comprises: message storing unit; a table unit for storing plural tables for forming a hierarchical system for reproduction of the messages, each of the tables storing address data of a set of tablets out of the plural tables, and an address of the one of the messages, and a given code; a signal detector for detecting a data signal sent though the telephone line; and a controller response to a call for executing a first function in which the controller accesses one of the tables to determine the present scene where one of the messages is served, reads the address data of the set of the tables to next access to either of the set of the tables in accordance with the data signal by the caller, reproduces one of the messages in accordance with the read address, and detects the given code. The first function is repeatedly executed until detection of the given code and a second function that the first controller effects a given optional function in the presence of the given code. The general customer can use the optional service, such as mail box, recording, calling extension telephone in addition to the basic function of public information service.
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1. An information service apparatus for serving one of a plurality of stored voice messages to a caller through a telephone line, comprising:
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(a) message storing means for storing said plurality of voice messages; (b) voice message reproducing means for reproducing one of said plurality of voice messages; (c) table means for storing plural tables, for forming a hierarchical system, each of said plural tables including at least one of a plurality of table addresses to be accessed next, a message address of said one of said plurality of voice messages, and a selected one of a plurality of predetermined service codes; (d) dial signal detection means for detecting a dial signal sent through the telephone line; and (e) first control means responsive to a call from the caller for entering said hierarchical system and changing a scene in said hierarchical system in response to each detection of the dial signal by; i) accessing one of said plural tables selected in accordance with the detected dial signal with reference to a table address of a previously accessed one of said plural tables; and ii) reading one of said plurality of voice messages in accordance with a message address of the currently accessed one of said plural tables and supplying said read one of said plurality of voice messages to the caller through said voice message reproducing means, said first control means detecting said one of said plurality of predetermined service codes stored in said currently accessed one of said plural tables; and (f) second control means responsive to said first control means and, in the presence of said selected one of said plurality of predetermined service codes in said currently accessed one of said plural tables, selecting one of a plurality of predetermined services in accordance with said selected one of said plurality of predetermined service codes detected by said first control means and effecting said selected one of said plurality of predetermined services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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