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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1993
Toshihiko Sakata, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Shirakawa, Kasuga, JP;
Abstract
An automatic telephone answering apparatus sends an out-going message recorded in a memory through a telephone line and records in-coming messages in another in-coming message memory. In addition, the apparatus records a conversation between an operator and a partner. The apparatus includes a line status detector that detects the status of the telephone line and a controller that is responsive to the line status detector for effecting a predetermined preparation operation. The apparatus further includes a control mechanism for detecting an area of the in-coming message memory where in-coming messages are stored and detecting an empty area of the in-coming message memory. The controller effects the preparation operation by causing the control mechanism to detect the empty area.