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WO1999005841A1 - Repondeur telephonique, procede et systeme de filtrage d'appels - Google Patents

Repondeur telephonique, procede et systeme de filtrage d'appels Download PDF

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WO1999005841A1
WO1999005841A1 PCT/US1998/015110 US9815110W WO9905841A1 WO 1999005841 A1 WO1999005841 A1 WO 1999005841A1 US 9815110 W US9815110 W US 9815110W WO 9905841 A1 WO9905841 A1 WO 9905841A1
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response
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controller
answering machine
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Sunny Behl
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/66—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling
    • H04M1/663—Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
    • H04M1/665—Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set by checking the validity of a code
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations
    • H04M1/642—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations storing speech in digital form

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  • Nuisance calls are not always convenient or time effective to manually screen.
  • the called party generally attends to the answering machine during incoming calls in order to manually screen each call.
  • Manual call screening thus, draws the called party from more desirable activities. What is desired is an automatic and time effective way to screen nuisance calls.
  • caller ID and caller ID blocking services are not available in every area. Even when available, there are shortfalls.
  • Caller LD service may also not be available to phone customers on all commercial and residential phone systems yet many of these phone customers desire the benefits of call screening.
  • a method for screening phone calls enables call screening which is independent of caller ID service. This method may be implemented on all phone systems and individual telephones The privacy of the called party is protected because the name of the called party is not required to be presented to the caller Likewise, the privacy of the calling party is protected because this method, does not require the caller to present a name Implementation of this method effectively stops virtually all nuisance calls from ringing a telephone system user's phone
  • FIG. 1 shows a call screening system in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a method for screening phone calls in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG 1 shows a call screening system in accordance with the present invention, generally designated with the reference numeral 10
  • the system 10 includes a call screening controller 12, a switch 14, a memory 16, a phone 18, a voice message recorder 20, a controller activator 22, an access code selector 24, and incoming call indicator 26 and a screened call indicator 28
  • the call screening controller 12 couples with the memory 16, the switch 14, the indicators 26 and 28, the controller activator 22 and the access code selector 24
  • the system 10 communicates with a conventional telephone system 30
  • the message recorder 20 and the phone 18 couple with the switch 14
  • an answering machine 11 connects to a telephone system 30 and to a telephone 18 for screening voice phone calls
  • the answering machine 11 includes the message recorder 20 and the programmable memory 16.
  • the programmable memory 16 stores the assigned access code
  • the answering machine 11 includes the system 10
  • the call screening controller 12 couples with the memory 16 and with the message recorder 20
  • the call screening controller 12 connects with the telephone system 30 to receive access requests in the form of voice phone calls.
  • the controller 12 provides a pre-recorded voice invitation, the caller responds to the invitation with a keypad entry, and the controller 12 accepts the keypad entry in response to the voice invitation
  • the access code is an alpha-numeric sequence which matches responses in the form of the same alpha-numeric sequence
  • the alpha-numeric sequence is communicated via a telephone keypad entry

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  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un répondeur téléphonique et un procédé de filtrage d'appels téléphoniques vocaux. Le répondeur téléphonique comprend un contrôleur (12) de filtrage d'appels et une mémoire (16) destinée à stocker un code d'accès. Le contrôleur (12) de filtrage d'appels se connecte au système téléphonique (30) afin de recevoir une demande d'accès sous la forme d'un appel téléphonique vocal. Lors de la réception de la demande d'accès, le contrôleur (12) présente un message d'accueil vocal pré-enregistré et il accepte une réponse à son message d'accueil vocal. Le contrôleur (12) de filtrage d'appels compare la réponse au code d'accès stocké. Si la réponse correspond au code d'accès stocké, le contrôleur (12) transmet l'appel téléphonique vocal au téléphone (18) et fait sonner ledit téléphone (18).
PCT/US1998/015110 1997-07-28 1998-07-22 Repondeur telephonique, procede et systeme de filtrage d'appels WO1999005841A1 (fr)

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AU84145/98A AU8414598A (en) 1997-07-28 1998-07-22 Answering machine, method and system for call screening

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WO2001067722A3 (fr) * 2000-03-07 2002-03-14 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd Telephone pourvu d"une fonction de controle d"appelant

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