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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);
Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);
Tyrone Curtin, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The subject disclosure describes monitoring when a headset is in communication with a mobile communication device, detecting the headset, comparing a name of a caller and a telephone number of the caller against a list of names and telephone numbers previously stored in a memory, determining that the name of the caller or the telephone number of the caller matches one of the names and telephone numbers in the list, determining that the one of the names and telephone numbers is associated with a pre-recorded message that the user previously recorded and stored in the memory, retrieving the pre-recorded message, and performing a text-to-speech conversion on the name and telephone number of the caller to generate a synthesized speech signal spoken text message and sending the synthesized speech signal and the pre-recorded message to the headset. Other embodiments are disclosed.