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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1997
System and method for identifying and announcing a caller and a callee of an incoming telephone call
Legerity, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a telephone system and method that identify and announce the caller and/or the callee of an incoming telephone call. After receiving a telephone call from a caller, the telephone system answers the incoming telephone call. The identity of the caller is then determined. The telephone system prompts the caller to say his/her name. The name is recorded and repeatedly played back through a built-in speaker announcing the name of the caller to the users of the telephone. The telephone system may also ask the caller to say the name of the callee. In that case, the name of the callee is also recorded and repeatedly played back. The name of the caller and the name of the callee are both announced to the users of the telephone.