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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Garry M Paxinos, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Anastasios Kyriakides, Hollywood, FL (US);
Kenneth Alvin Hosfeld, Coral Spring, FL (US);
Anastasios Nicholas Kyriakides, Ii, Plantation, FL (US);
Garry M Paxinos, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Anastasios Kyriakides, Hollywood, FL (US);
Kenneth Alvin Hosfeld, Coral Spring, FL (US);
Anastasios Nicholas Kyriakides, II, Plantation, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system to provide the ability for an analog telephone adapter (or other consumer electronics device) to provide spoken information to a consumer to help diagnose problems. The spoken diagnostics system and method for comprises a central analysis server and an analog telephone adapter ('ATA'). When in operation, when a consumer (as an end user) pick up a telephone which is connected to and/or operating through the ATA and enters a preset diagnostic code, defined a telephone number in one embodiment, the ATA and the central analysis server perform a series of diagnostic functions and cause one or more verbal messages relating to the status of the ATA as determined through the diagnostic functions to be spoken over the phone so as to be communicated to the consumer.