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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven B Kaufman, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 8817 ; 379 8825 ; 379 8828 ;
Abstract
A telephone voice messaging system and method for accessing, selecting, and downloading a pre-recorded outgoing voice message from an external source. The pre-recorded outgoing greeting messages may be downloaded in digital format using a modem, or in audible, analog format. In digital format, the pre-recorded outgoing greeting messages may be selected from a server through the public switched telephone network, and/or using the Internet.