RF connected message recording device and method for a telephone system
First Claim
1. A system for remotely recording voice messages received at a telephone receiver, the system comprising:
- a telephone receiver having an interface with a public telephone system, said telephone receiver comprising,means for identifying first tone codes received at said telephone receiver when said telephone receiver is off hook, andan RF transmitter activated by a predetermined one of said first tone codes for transmitting for a predetermined time period after activation voice messages being received at said telephone receiver; and
at least one recorder remote from said telephone receiver, each said recorder comprising,an RF receiver contained within a child'"'"'s toy for receiving said voice messages from said RF transmitter,means for identifying second tone codes received at said telephone receiver over said public telephone system and transmitted from said RF transmitter to said RF receiver,a memory device for recording said voice messages activated by a predetermined one of said second tone codes for recording said voice messages, said memory device having means for selective playback of recorded ones of said voice messages.
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Abstract
A system and method of remotely recording a telephone message at a selected recording device connected to a telephone receiver by an RF link may include a base station having an RF transmitter connected to a telephone receiver, and plural paging/recording devices, each with an RF receiver and a message recorder. The paging/recording devices may be contained within suitable children'"'"'s toys. A caller calls the telephone receiver and when the telephone connection has been made provides a first code signal to the telephone receiver to gain access to the RF transmitter, and then provides a second code signal to identify a particular paging/recording device that is to receive and record the message.
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Citations
24 Claims
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1. A system for remotely recording voice messages received at a telephone receiver, the system comprising:
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a telephone receiver having an interface with a public telephone system, said telephone receiver comprising, means for identifying first tone codes received at said telephone receiver when said telephone receiver is off hook, and an RF transmitter activated by a predetermined one of said first tone codes for transmitting for a predetermined time period after activation voice messages being received at said telephone receiver; and at least one recorder remote from said telephone receiver, each said recorder comprising, an RF receiver contained within a child'"'"'s toy for receiving said voice messages from said RF transmitter, means for identifying second tone codes received at said telephone receiver over said public telephone system and transmitted from said RF transmitter to said RF receiver, a memory device for recording said voice messages activated by a predetermined one of said second tone codes for recording said voice messages, said memory device having means for selective playback of recorded ones of said voice messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for recording separately directed messages received on a single telephone receiver in a memory device collocated within a child'"'"'s toy, the system comprising:
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an RF transmitter activated by a predetermined first tone signal received on the telephone receiver; plural RF receivers remote from said RF transmitter that monitor for messages from said RF transmitter; and plural message recorders, each collocated with a separate one of said RF receivers, for recording messages directed to its one said collocated RF receiver, wherein a second tone signal is received on the telephone receiver from a public telephone system and transmitted by said RF transmitter to said RF receiver to activate recording by the collocated message recorder. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A child'"'"'s toy and transceiver system for relaying telephone messages received at a telephone receiver having an interface with a telephone network, said system comprising:
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an RF transmitter collocated with the telephone receiver that is activated by a first signal received at the telephone receiver, said RF transmitter for transmitting voice messages received at the telephone receiver for a predetermined period of time; and a child'"'"'s toy comprising an RF receiver for receiving the voice messages, a recorder for recording one of the voice messages directed to said toy by a second signal, said second signal being received by said telephone receiver over the telephone network and transmitted to said RF receiver, and an indicator that one of the voice messages has been recorded. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of remotely recording voice messages received at a telephone receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying first codes received at the telephone receiver when the telephone receiver is off hook, activating an RF transmitter for a predetermined time period in response to a predetermined one of the first codes; transmitting a voice message during the predetermined time period; receiving the transmitted voice message at an RF receiver remote from the RF transmitter; identifying second codes received with the voice message, said second codes having been received by said telephone receiver from a public telephone system and transmitted by said RF transmitter; and recording the received voice message with a recorder located remotely from said telephone receiver, said recorder being contained within a child'"'"'s toy and activated by a predetermined one of the second codes.
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24. A method of recording separately directed messages received on a single telephone receiver, comprising the steps of:
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activating an RF transmitter with a predetermined first signal received on the telephone receiver; monitoring transmissions from the RF transmitter at plural RF receivers remote from the RF transmitter and telephone receiver, said receivers being contained in a child'"'"'s toy; and activating a message recorder with a predetermined second signal received by the telephone receiver over a public telephone system and received on the one of the RF receivers associated with the message recorder.
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Specification