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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Timothy Augustines Kuechler, Calgary, CA;
Robert Barrie Turnbull, Calgary, CA;
Nathan Lynn Peacock, Calgary, CA;
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing an audio tag in response to calling line identification information. The method includes the steps of, receiving calling line identification information from a telephone line, searching a directory, using at least some of the calling line identification information as a search parameter to locate a directory record corresponding to at least some of the calling line identification information, communicating information held in the directory record or in the calling line identification information to a text to speech converter to produce the audio tag.