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Apparatus and method for message recording and receipt-of-message notification to cordless station operating as cellular telephone

  • US 5,745,851 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1996
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a cordless station operable in a local mode when the cordless station is in a local area and in a global mode when the cordless station is outside of the local area, the cordless station being assigned a cellular telephone number of a cellular mobile telephone network for establishing a connection with the cellular mobile telephone network when the cordless station is operating in the global mode;

    a memory for storing the cellular telephone number;

    a telephone answering unit for recording a message in a recording mode and reproducing the recorded message in a playback mode;

    means for setting the telephone answering unit in the recording mode; and

    a controller connected to a public switched telephone network for receiving an incoming call therefrom, forwarding the call to the cordless station when the cordless station is operating in the local mode, operating the telephone answering unit to record a message of a call if the call is received during the period the telephone answering unit is set in the recording mode, originating a call to the public switched telephone network using the cellular telephone number stored in the memory to establish a connection through said networks to the cordless station operating in the global mode, and transmitting a prerecorded announcement to the cordless station via the established connection indicating that a message has been recorded in said telephone answering unit.

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