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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. 05, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard H Sheerin, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379 88 ; 379142 ; 379387 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for programming a home answering machine having multiple storage devices for individual voice mail boxes and capable of receiving 'Caller ID' data. The answering machine is programmed either by the caller or the user so that the 'Caller ID' data can be used to automatically route incoming messages to individual voice mail boxes. A caller identification data base stores the 'Caller ID' data, and a CPU uses the data base to direct the caller's message to the appropriate voice mail box.