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Speech message recording and reproducing method and apparatus

  • US 5,778,314 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1995
  • Issued: 07/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A speech message recording and reproducing method comprising the steps of:

  • storing a speech message associated with a facsimile transmission in a communication apparatus having an automatic answering telephone operatively associated with a facsimile apparatus;

    converting information of the speech message including at least a storage address of the speech message to an optical pattern for printing on a recording paper;

    optically detecting and interpreting at least the printed optical pattern information of the storage address by an another apparatus;

    transmitting from the other apparatus the optically detected and interpreted information to the communication apparatus; and

    receiving from the communication apparatus the speech message stored at the storage address included in the information transmitted to the communication apparatus so as to obtain the reproduced speech message at the other apparatus.

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