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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
A messaging system allows a message recipient to assign different message lengths to different messages. In one embodiment, the recipient sets the length of time per message. In another embodiment, the recipient programs the messaging system with codes that, when matched, enable longer messages. The recipient assigns the codes to “preferred” senders. The senders transmit the code, either explicitly, for example by a sequence of keystrokes, or automatically, for example by transmitting caller identification.