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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karen L Koralewski, Swanton, OH (US);
Christopher J Brown, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379142 ; 379 9323 ; 379120 ;
Abstract
A system for screening telephone calls that include a caller identification information signals has a caller identification processor connected to a telephone line for generating caller identification information signals to a computer that retrieves an image associated with the caller from a database and displays the image on a television. A time delay also can be stored in the database to delay the display of the image by a predetermined amount. A user can change both the image and the time delay. The image can be alphanumeric and/or pictorial and can include audio information.