Telephone answering device capable of repeatedly playing back outgoing message
DCFirst Claim
1. A telephone answering device for automatically answering an incoming call and recording an incoming message from a calling party, which device is capable of repeatedly playing back an outgoing message, comprising;
- a recording medium for recording the outgoing message;
a recording medium for recording or storing the incoming message;
means for forming a loop circuit in response to the incoming call, recording the incoming message from the calling party on the incoming message recording medium after said outgoing message is transmitted, and thereafter returning the device to a standby mode;
means for playing back again the same outgoing message from the beginning in response to a special signal sent out by the calling party when he wants to listen to the outgoing message again; and
means for driving the incoming message recording medium and recording the incoming message from the calling party on the incoming message recording medium after said outgoing message is played back once more again from the beginning, and thereafter returning the device to the standby mode.
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Abstract
A telephone answering device wherein an outgoing messsage can be repeatedly played back from the beginning in response to a predetermined special signal sent out by a calling party. In case of a call to the device through a telephone operator, the calling party can listen to the whole outgoing message again by sending the special signal after the telephone operator puts him through. The calling party can then confirm that it is his desired called party'"'"'s number. Further, if a foreign calling party is not able to understand thoroughly the outgoing message in the original language after only one playback, he can listen to the outgoing message again.
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1. A telephone answering device for automatically answering an incoming call and recording an incoming message from a calling party, which device is capable of repeatedly playing back an outgoing message, comprising;
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a recording medium for recording the outgoing message; a recording medium for recording or storing the incoming message; means for forming a loop circuit in response to the incoming call, recording the incoming message from the calling party on the incoming message recording medium after said outgoing message is transmitted, and thereafter returning the device to a standby mode; means for playing back again the same outgoing message from the beginning in response to a special signal sent out by the calling party when he wants to listen to the outgoing message again; and means for driving the incoming message recording medium and recording the incoming message from the calling party on the incoming message recording medium after said outgoing message is played back once more again from the beginning, and thereafter returning the device to the standby mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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