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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Mendel Kieth Hamrick, Algonquin, IL (US);
Kelly Ann Multach, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Elizabeth Marie Hart, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Kevin D. Kaschke, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, St. Charles, IL (US);
Mary Louise Hardzinski, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas Joseph McBlain, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Ameritech Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A telephone subscriber unit ( ) includes a caller identification device ( ), a memory unit ( ), a pre-processor ( ) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) ( ). The caller identification device ( ) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit ( ) The pre-processor ( ) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer ( ). The text-to-speech synthesizer ( ) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information.