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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Method and system for audibly announcing an indication of an identity of a sender of a communication
Joseph A. Speeney, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ted Stine, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system to generate a communications identification announcement including an indication of an identity of an author of an incoming communication is disclosed. In an embodiment the method. Includes receiving a communication having a communication identifier and then searching a database to match the communication identifier to a data or audio file in the database that had been mapped to the communication identifier. If the communication identifier is located, then the data or audio file having the communications identification announcement including the identity of the author of the communication is announced to the contacted party. If the communication identifier is not located, then a previously stored announcement, generated in anticipation of failing to locate the communication identifier, may be broadcast. In an embodiment, the system to announce sounds indicative of an identity of a calling party may include a controller, a memory, a network interface unit, input and output devices, and database interface to access a subscriber database, the subscriber database containing one or more communication identifiers designated by the subscriber, each communication identifier corresponding to a particular contacting party.