Call message delivery system and method utilizing caller-selected system announcements
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1. A method of operating a call message delivery system for use with a telephone network serving stations connectable to the network, comprising the steps of:
- enabling a caller at a station calling said call message delivery system to request a delivery of a voice message from said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; and
using one or more digits of a geographic region identification code of the caller-specified telephone number received from the caller during the enabling step for establishing the call to the caller-specified telephone number, wherein only the geographic region identification code portion of said caller-specified telephone number is used to select one of a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said voice message to the caller-specified telephone number.
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Abstract
A Call Message Delivery System (CDS) in response to a request from a caller to deliver an international voice call message, uses the country code digits of the called station number to select the language to be used in the system announcement which precedes the delivery of the caller'"'"'s message to the called station. Another feature enables the caller to select a system announcement to be delivered with the call message. An additional feature enables the caller to record his or her own announcement as the system announcement.
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1. A method of operating a call message delivery system for use with a telephone network serving stations connectable to the network, comprising the steps of:
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enabling a caller at a station calling said call message delivery system to request a delivery of a voice message from said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; and using one or more digits of a geographic region identification code of the caller-specified telephone number received from the caller during the enabling step for establishing the call to the caller-specified telephone number, wherein only the geographic region identification code portion of said caller-specified telephone number is used to select one of a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said voice message to the caller-specified telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a call message delivery system for use with a telephone network for serving stations connectable to the network, comprising the steps of:
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recording a caller'"'"'s voice as a voice message, enabling a caller at a station calling said call message delivery system to request a delivery of said voice message recorded by said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; prompting, in response to said message delivery request, the caller to select at least one of a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said caller'"'"'s recorded voice message to said party at said caller-specified telephone number; and wherein said system uses said caller-specified telephone number digits received from the caller during the enabling step to identify at least one of said plurality of system announcements for selection by said caller. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A call message delivery system for use with a telephone network serving stations connectable to the network, comprising:
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means for enabling a caller at a station calling said call message delivery system to request a delivery of a voice message from said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; and means for selecting a system announcement from a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said voice message to the party solely using one or more digits of a geographic region identification code portion of the caller-specified telephone number received from the caller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a call message delivery system for use with a telephone network serving stations connectable to the network, comprising the steps of:
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enabling a caller at a station calling said call message delivery system to request a delivery of a voice message from said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; and solely using one or more digits of the caller-specified telephone number dialed by the caller during the enabling step to select one of a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said voice message to the party.
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15. A call message delivery system for use with a communication network for delivery call messages to stations connectable to said network, said system comprising:
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means for recording a caller'"'"'s voice as a voice message, means for receiving from a caller a request to deliver said voice message recorded by said caller to a party at a caller-specified telephone number; means for prompting the caller, in response to said message delivery request, to select at least one of a plurality of system announcements to be delivered with said caller'"'"'s recorded voice message to said party; and wherein the call delivery system uses said caller-specified telephone number digits received from the caller to identify at least one of said plurality of system announcements for selection by said caller. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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