Multiple message answering machine keyed to the incoming phone number

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4985913
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07399984

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According to the present invention, a telephone answering machine stores a plurality of messages and establishes a correspondence between those messages and a plurality of phone numbers. The phone number of a caller is identified and one of the plurality of messages selected for playback based on the identified phone number and the established correspondence. In a preferred embodiment, the answering machine is microprocessor-based and the correspondence of telephone numbers to messages is stored in a memory table. Messages may be stored either on magnetic media or in semiconductor memory using a signal compression/decompression module where economy dictates in order to reduce the size of the semiconductor memory. Microprocessor control allows economical realization of a full-featured machine.

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AASTRA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED1685 FLINT ROAD TORONTO ONTARIO M3J 2W8

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cane, David A Sudbery, MA 11 659
Shalom, Stephen R 135 Haddon Pl., Montclair, NJ 07043 1 92

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