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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Paul J. Rankin, Horley, GB;
Inventor:
Paul J. Rankin, Horley, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communications system is provided comprising a communal audio message recordal apparatus GAMB () with multiple users () enabled to record and access recorded messages. The recordal of each message includes capture and storage of at least one qualifying parameter pertaining to the access to the recordal means, for example the time/date or the location from which access occurred. The qualifying parameter is further checked () against a subsequent request for access by a user to previously recorded messages, with access only being granted to those messages having a matching qualifying parameter.