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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Kathy Goode Piatt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Martha Karen Boyd, Austin, TX (US);
Kathy Goode Piatt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Martha Karen Boyd, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an option to record messages that can be geared to specific audiences, using PIN-restricted access as needed. The present invention provides a method and apparatus way for subscribers to record a number (more than one) of personalized messages or greetings geared towards specific callers or audiences in a plurality of bulletin boards associated with a single telephone number. The personalized greetings comprise public messages, private messages, public comments and private comments. The method and apparatus of the present invention also ensures customer privacy and increases the level of security by providing an option to PIN-protect the content and access to the content for each of the public and private recorded messages and comments.