Automatic conversational record
First Claim
1. A conversational record feature for customer premises equipment, comprising:
- a conversational record table in,a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch and adapted to contain a plurality of entries relating to telephone calls for which activation of a conversational record feature is desired; and
an automatic conversations record module in said telephone answering device adapted to compare one of received call related information and a dialed telephone number to said plurality of entries in said conversational record table, and to activate said conversational record feature if a match is determined.
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Abstract
Customer premises telephone equipment and methods are provided for automatically recording telephone conversations based on a comparison of call related information (for incoming calls) or dialed telephone numbers (outgoing calls) to entries in a user defined automatic conversational record table. An automatic conversational record module compares the received or entered call related information, e.g., a telephone number, to the entries in the user defined automatic conversational record table and automatically activates recordation of the telephone conversation if a match is determined. The entries in the user defined automatic conversation record table may be entered manually, e.g., using a keypad, may be based upon previously received call related information, or may be transferred from other memory in the customer premises equipment, e.g., speed dial telephone numbers.
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24 Claims
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1. A conversational record feature for customer premises equipment, comprising:
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a conversational record table in,a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch and adapted to contain a plurality of entries relating to telephone calls for which activation of a conversational record feature is desired; and
an automatic conversations record module in said telephone answering device adapted to compare one of received call related information and a dialed telephone number to said plurality of entries in said conversational record table, and to activate said conversational record feature if a match is determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
said call related information is a telephone number.
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3. The conversational record feature according to claim 1, wherein:
said call related information is a portion of a telephone number.
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4. The conversational record feature according to claim 1, wherein:
said call related information is an identify of a caller'"'"'s voice.
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5. The conversational record feature according to claim 3, wherein:
said portion of said telephone number is an area code.
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6. The conversational record feature according to claim 3, wherein:
said portion of said telephone number is an exchange number.
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7. The conversational record feature according to claim 1, wherein:
said call related information is a household name.
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8. The conversational record feature according to claim 1, wherein:
said call related information is a calling card number.
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9. The conversational record feature according to claim 1, further comprising:
a call related information detector/receiver in said telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface adapted to receive said call related information regarding an incoming telephone call.
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10. The conversational record feature according to claim 9, wherein:
said call related information is Caller ID information.
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11. A customer premises equipment comprising:
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a single line telephone line interface;
a voice recorder module in a telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch;
a processor in said telephone answering device;
an automatic conversational record module in said telephone answering device operable by said processor to cause said voice recorder module to record a conversation present on said single line telephone line interface; and
a user defined plurality of stored call related information relating to telephone calls for which conversational record is to be activated by said automatic conversational record module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
voice message memory in said telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface adapted for storage of a recorded conversation.
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13. The customer premises equipment according to claim 11, further comprising:
a dual tone, multiple frequency decoder in said telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface adapted to detect digits of a dialed telephone number from said customer premises equipment.
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14. The customer premises equipment according to claim 11, further comprising:
a call related information detector/receiver in said telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface adapted to receive call related information regarding an incoming telephone call.
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15. The customer premises equipment according to claim 14, wherein:
said call related information is Caller ID information.
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16. A method of activating a conversational record feature, comprising:
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receiving call related information regarding an incoming call in a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch;
comparing in said telephone answering device the received call related information to at least one pre-determined call related information; and
if a match is determined by said step of comparing, activating a conversational record feature in said telephone answering device without further instruction required from a user.
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17. A method of activating a conversational record feature, comprising:
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detecting a dialed telephone number relating to an outgoing telephone call in a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch;
comparing in said telephone answering device the detected dialed telephone number to at least one pre-determined telephone number; and
if a match is determined by said step of comparing, activating a conversational record feature in said telephone answering device without further instruction required from a user.
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18. Apparatus for activating a conversational record feature, comprising:
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means for receiving call related information regarding an incoming call in a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch;
means in said telephone answering device for comparing the received call related information to at least one pre-determined call related information; and
means in said telephone answering device for activating a conversational record feature if a match is determined by said means for comparing, without further instruction required from a user.
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19. Apparatus for activating a conversational record feature, comprising:
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means for detecting a dialed telephone number relating to an outgoing telephone call in a telephone answering device including a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going through a customer premises telephone switch;
means in said telephone answering device for comparing the detected dialed telephone number to at least one pre-determined telephone number; and
means in said telephone answering device for activating a conversational record feature if a match is determined by said means for comparing, without further instruction required from a user.
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20. A module to provide customized notification of recording status to a caller, comprising:
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a call related information detector in a customer premises telephone answering device incluiding a single line telephone line interface connected directly to a central office of a telephone company without going trough a costomer premises telephone switch and adapted to detect at least a portion of a telephone number of said caller; and
a module in said customer premises telephone answering device adapted to provide a notification signal to said caller regarding a recording status with respect to conversation on said telephone line based on said portion of said telephone number of said caller as compared to a telephone number stored in said customer premise telephone. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
said module is adapted to provide one of a plurality of notification signals as said notification signal.
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22. The module to provide a customized notification of recording status to a caller according to claim 20, further comprising:
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a module in said telephone answering device including said single line telephone line interface adapted to determine a region from which said caller is calling based on said at least said portion of said telephone number of said caller;
wherein said notification signal is based on said determined region.
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23. The module to provide a customized notification of recording status to a caller according to claim 20, wherein:
said notification signal is initiated based on a manual activation by a user.
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24. The module to provide a customized notification of recording status to a caller according to claim 20, wherein:
said notification signal is initiated automatically by reception of call related information without further intervention required by a user.
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