CA2062425A1 - Voice messaging system with voice activated prompt interrupt - Google Patents

Voice messaging system with voice activated prompt interrupt

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CA2062425A1
CA2062425A1 CA2062425A CA2062425A CA2062425A1 CA 2062425 A1 CA2062425 A1 CA 2062425A1 CA 2062425 A CA2062425 A CA 2062425A CA 2062425 A CA2062425 A CA 2062425A CA 2062425 A1 CA2062425 A1 CA 2062425A1
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voice
messaging system
prompt
incoming signal
incoming
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CA2062425A
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CA2062425C (en
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Mark Alan Johnson
Stephen Anthony O'brien
Bradley Thomas Wyman
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AT&T Corp
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Mark Alan Johnson
Stephen Anthony O'brien
Bradley Thomas Wyman
American Telephone And Telegraph Company
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    • 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
    • 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
    • H04M1/65—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party
    • H04M1/6505—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party storing speech in digital form
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/253—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission
    • 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
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/04—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems for time-division multiplexing
    • H04Q11/0428—Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/002—Applications of echo suppressors or cancellers in telephonic connections

Abstract

An arrangement providing voice activated prompt interrupt for a voice messaging system. The exemplary apparatus includes a telephone line interface (310), a memory device, a processor (320), a prompting device (340) and a recording device (370). Once a call is established at the interface, the processor causes the prompt to be played and simultaneously the incoming signal to be sampled. An echo estimate is determined, subtracted from the incoming signal and a determination is made if incoming speech is detected. If incoming speech is detected, the prompt is stopped and the buffered incoming signal is directed to the recording device. <IMAGE>
CA002062425A 1991-06-26 1992-03-06 Voice messaging system with voice activated prompt interrupt Expired - Lifetime CA2062425C (en)

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US07/721,029 US5155760A (en) 1991-06-26 1991-06-26 Voice messaging system with voice activated prompt interrupt
US721,029 1991-06-26

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CA2062425A1 true CA2062425A1 (en) 1992-12-27
CA2062425C CA2062425C (en) 1996-01-09

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EP (1) EP0522725B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2662147B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100266335B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE196219T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2062425C (en)
DE (1) DE69231411T2 (en)
HK (1) HK1003465A1 (en)
MX (1) MX9203105A (en)
SG (1) SG46166A1 (en)

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KR100266335B1 (en) 2000-09-15
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