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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pramod Vasant Argade, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 8826 ; 379 70 ; 379 8827 ;
Abstract
In a telephone answering system, announcements are pre-recorded to elicit from a caller one or more attributes and details of a message. Such attributes may include the identity of the caller, the purpose of the call, etc. Information concerning each attribute of the message is stored in the system separate from the message details. By reviewing at least one attribute of each message saved on the system, the called party is able to identify any messages of interest before listening to any message details. The called party may then retrieve the message details of each identified message.