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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:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J Ladd, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gregory E Pounds, San Jose, CA (US);
Tim J Kusumi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Peter A Bonee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R Shepard, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMX/OPCOM, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379 89 ; 379212 ; 379214 ; 379245 ;
Abstract
A voice messaging system for use with a telephone system. The preferred embodiment comprises a voice messaging system which interfaces to a PBX through a feature phone interface, the voice messaging system emulating a feature phone. The PBX supplies information to the voice messaging system such as information on the origination and history of the call. The present invention discloses improved methods of handling calls directed to the voice messaging system based on the information supplied by the PBX.