Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
  • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
  • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
  • H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M2242/00—Special services or facilities
  • H04M2242/22—Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
  • H04M3/42025—Calling or Called party identification service
  • H04M3/42034—Calling party identification service
  • H04M3/42042—Notifying the called party of information on the calling party
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04Q—SELECTING
  • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
  • H04Q3/72—Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for recording and storing received sound signals and, possibly, picture signals in connection with a telephone apparatus or a telephone central office adapted to receive said signals from a remote apparatus, and where the telephone apparatus or telephone central office further is adapted to receive information about the telephone number of the remote apparatus, the telephone apparatus and the remote apparatus being connected to a telephone network, with the purpose of later to play back stored sound signals in a loadspeaker/handset , possibly to play back stored picture signals on a graphic display screen when the telephone apparatus is called from the remote apparatus, the telephone apparatus or the telephone central office being assigned a data storage medium and a data processor adapted to search in the data storage medium for telephone numbers received via the telephone line, and to play back stored sound signals be- longing thereto, possibly picture signals if the telephone number exists in the data storage medium, and where the data processor further is adapted to store searchable telephone numbers and recordings in the data storage medium belonging thereto.
• a telephone apparatus signalises a call through a sound or light signal, it is often desirable to be capable of
• Digitised telephone systems such as ISDN and mobile tele- phones of GSM type, may show the number of the calling apparatus in a character window.
• the calling telephone number can also be transferred on analog communication.
• Telephone numbers can be difficult to remember, and it is previously known that a telephone apparatus can connect an identified number to an electronically stored telephone list and show a name in the character window instead of the number.
• Known apparatus have a plurality of disadvantages. First, one has to maintain a telephone list oneself. Secondly, the call can not be identified without studying the character window, this being a disadvantage where several people have a common telephone apparatus, such as the case would be in most homes.
• the object of the invention is to provide a method for simplified storing of information which, upon playing back, can identify the caller when the calling telephone number is received over the telephone line.
• automatic recording of sound, possible picture is carried out from the first seconds of a telephone connection with a remote apparatus.
• Voices are relatively easy to identify and, additionally, the caller will most often introduce himself/herself early in a telephone conversation. If a recording is not already associated to the actual remote apparatus, the calling telephone number is automatically stored searchably in a data storage medium and associated to the recording belonging thereto, the latter also being stored.
• recordings of sound signals from the remote apparatus and/or the receiving telephone apparatus possibly picture signals, or display of text extracted from the stored voice message by means of voice-to- text-decoding, start upon the establishment of a telephonic connection with a remote apparatus, possibly first when suitable sound signals (voice) are received from the remote apparatus, and wherein recording stops after a predetermined time, whereupon the telephone number of the remote apparatus is searchably stored in the data storage medium and associated to the recording, which is also stored.
• the conversation may also be announced in that a stored recording is converted into text by means of a speech recogni- tion program in a computer. Thereupon, the text may be displayed.
• the playback may be automatic, e.g. in association with ring signals, or playback may be activated manually, prior to a possible reply to the call.
• Sound recording can be played back through a separate loadspeaker, or through the handset.
• Necessary duration of a recording can be determined in several ways, and the telephone apparatus may advantageously be such adapted that the duration can be adjusted. This function can be present in a central, in other external equipment or within the telephone apparatus itself.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
• Telephone Function (AREA)
• Selective Calling Equipment (AREA)
• Facsimiles In General (AREA)

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