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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. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Madhav Moganti, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/100 ; H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/100 ; H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
An improved telephone answering machine uses a personal computer or work station to analyze incoming caller data. Calls to be automatically answered by the answering machine can be answered with the accompaniment of a customized announcement to the caller based upon the caller's phone number, name or other data item received by the telephone answering device. Messages to be left by a caller can be stored on a computer storage media, including being segregated by calling number, name or other criteria. The improved answering machine includes the ability to retrieve messages from particular callers.