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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Robert T. Moton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark J. Enzmann, Roswell, GA (US);
Samuel N. Zellner, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Robert T. Moton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark J. Enzmann, Roswell, GA (US);
Samuel N. Zellner, Dunwoody, GA (US);
AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for audibly annunciating at a device information transmitted over a telephone network. The information is transmitted in the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal is representative of the information. The apparatus includes a receiver for capturing a ring signal and a modulated signal representative of information transmitted over a telephone network during an interval between the ring signal and a subsequent ring signal; a converter in communication with the receiver for converting the modulated signal into a stream of audible signals; and a speaker in communication with the converter for producing audible sounds corresponding to the stream of audible signals representative of the information received over the telephone network.