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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993

Filed:

Aug. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:

Tooru Kino, Kunitachi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 88 ; 379 67 ; 379100 ;
Abstract

A multi-media information service center is coupled to a telephone set and a communication unit via a line network and comprises a line connection part coupled to the line network for connecting the multi-media information service center to a predetermined line of the line network in response to a call which is received from a party which is coupled to an end of the predetermined line opposite to the multi-media information service center. The multi-media information service center further comprises a storage part for storing a voice information, a voice information transmission part coupled to the line network, the line connection part and the storage part for reading the voice information from the storage part and transmitting the voice information to the predetermined line, a discrimination part coupled to the line network for discriminating a communication mode of the party, and a service providing part coupled to the line network and the discrimination part for providing to the party a service which is dependent on a discrimination result in the discrimination part. The voice information transmission part and the discrimination part operate simultaneously after the line connection part connects the multi-media information service center to the predetermined line.


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