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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter F Theis, McHenry, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379 84 ; 379 96 ; 379142 ; 379211 ; 379214 ; 379266 ;
Abstract
Overflow calls intended for a telephone answering center are automatically diverted to an overflow center which automatically answers the overflow calls and records information acquired from the overflow calls. This recorded information is digitally encoded and then transmitted back from the overflow station to the telephone answering center, where it is received and used to allow operators at the telephone answering center to place callbacks, or to take other appropriate action.