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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas E. Brand, Marsfield, AU;
Chris Goringe, Seven Hills, AU;
Inventors:
Thomas E. Brand, Marsfield, AU;
Chris Goringe, Seven Hills, AU;
Assignee:
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a telecommunication device 174 or 180 including (a) an input operable to receive from an endpoint, as part of a live voice communication, a text message and an audio message, the audio message being a voiced version of the text message; (b) a character display; (c) at least one activator; and (d) a graphical display agent 184 operable to (i) display the text message on an associated character display 300 and (ii) audibly play the audio message.