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Automatic voice/text translation of phone mail messages

  • US 5,712,901 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1996
  • Issued: 01/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for providing phone mail service for a customer, comprising:

  • a phone mail unit for receiving a message from a caller, wherein said phone mail unit generates a data packet relating to said message; and

    a switch connected to said phone mail unit for receiving said message from said phone mail unit and for routing said message to a translation unit, wherein said translation unit receives said message and said data packet and translates said message from voice to text or text to voice, and wherein said message is routed to a pager associated with the customer, after said message has been translated by said translation unit.

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