Methods and apparatus to provide voice control of a dial tone and an audio message in the initial off hook period

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7751553
APP PUB NO 20070274467A1
SERIAL NO

11431202

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Methods and apparatus to provide voice control of dial tone and audio message in a telephone in an initial off-hook period. A telephone system has a telephone with a receiver having an off-hook position. The telephone system provides a user with control of a telephone function. The telephone system includes an audio output to provide an audio message to the receiver in the off-hook position. The audio message includes an option for playing the audio message or a dial tone the next instance the receiver is in the off-hook position. A control interface receives a selected option in response to a user command.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.;AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES I, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pearson, Larry B San Antonio, US 154 2741

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