CA2131187C - Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message - Google Patents

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CA2131187C
CA2131187C CA002131187A CA2131187A CA2131187C CA 2131187 C CA2131187 C CA 2131187C CA 002131187 A CA002131187 A CA 002131187A CA 2131187 A CA2131187 A CA 2131187A CA 2131187 C CA2131187 C CA 2131187C
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Abstract

A telephone answering device (TAD) (25) which includes a means of intelligently organizing voice messages, associated entered codes such as personal IDs and home telephone numbers, and information stored in the memory of the TAD. These codes or numbers are decoded by means of the caller entering DTMF signals into the telephone which are recognized, recorded and processed by the TAD. When processed with codes and personal information previously entered into the device's memory, the TAD displays (32) the identity of the callers for each message, thus providing a menu of choices, i.e., a list of callers. This enables the user to access messages in a selective manner based on the identity of the caller. The need to listen to the actual voice messages to determine the caller's identity and the need to listen to the messages sequentially or chronologically is obviated, saving both time and effort.

Description

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DATA WITH RECORDED AUDIO MESSAGE
This application is a continuation-in-part of co 15, pending U.S. patent application Serial No. 860,699, filed March ~1; 1992.
E'ield of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for recording and recalling messages received through telecommunicatian. More specifically, the invention relates to a telephone answering device ~ha.~ displays information about messages recorded within the deva:ce and pro~rides selective access to those messages based on the displayed information:
Eackq~ound of the'Invention Moet everyone is well acquainted with the standard telephone answering anachine. Such a machine is hooked up to a telephione 'a.nd by means of a tape recorder device and magnetic 3~J tape, it records oxa~7, ' anessages from the caller. While such a ~;ehi~e h,a,g the advantage of allowing the user to receive messages when he is-not present and cannot answer the phone; it hay sweral disadvantages: , (~.) the owner of the machine must play back many 35 minutes of taped voice messages just to kiaova mho has called. (2) The owner can not intelligently search for a specific caller's recorded message. (3) To retain a list for later callback after i i listening to messages, the owner must either keep tape unerased, or must copy down the list with a pen and paper. (4) The caller must speak his name, phone number, etc. into his phone wk~ich is then transmitted through the phone system and recorded on the answering machine on the other end of the line. Since many callers feel uncomfortable talking to machines, some callers don't leave messages and merely hang up the phone. (5) An additional inconvenience occurs when the user wishes to retrieve stored messages.by phone. He must on occasion hang on the phone for many minutes for all recorded voice messages to be played in their entirety and must copy with pen and paper in order to have a hard copy. This is not only inconvenient, but may be quite costly, particularly if the call to retrieve messages is a loa~g distance call and the user is interested in a particular message that is preceded by a number of lengthy, less interesting, voice messages.
A partial solution to many of these disadvantages was offered by the "Telephone Electronic Answering Device" (TEAR) by the present inventors, disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,304,968. The TEAD
is capable of receiving and storing messages such as callers' name and telephone numbers and times of receipt of such messages by converting dual tone-touch tone frequencies (DTMF) or rotary dial pulses, generated by the caller dialing his own phone number, into proper digital data representing the caller's phone number and ~5 indicatin the caller's name if g pre-stored in memory by the user.
The entire pre-stored message could then be retrieved and displayed on command on a display provided on the TEAD or printed out to provide a permanent record.
30 The message stored by the TBAD, however, is limited.
It only includes information pre-stored in its internal memory that is associated with a caller's phone number, or, in some instances, only the caller's number and the time of day. It is known that in many environments, caller's wish to leave mope 35 infozmation in their messages, such as the urgency of the gall.

PC'T/ZJS93/02996 iN~ 93/2~fi~d0 3 , In many cases, a return call is not necessary if a simple descriptive message is left. With the TEAR, the user would have to call back the caller to get any such message in person, wasting time, effort and telephone line charges. The TEAR does provide some mechanism for leaving slightly more information by selecting from a limited menu of messages, such as "Urgent," but playing that menu for the caller takes time and the menu choices will only cover a very few limited choices of the messages that callers actually want to leave.
1.0 To retrieve messages over the phone, a similar TEAR can be used from a remote telephone. The user can call his own "base" TEAD and cause it to output the DTMF tones for all the received Balls in rapid succession over the phone line. These Are received acoustically by the remote TEAD and converted, as 1.5 with the base TEAR, and displayed. Of course, the displayed messages have only the same limited information as the base unit's display.
Also currently available are voice mail systems, which organize 'v'oice messages according to the called party. Eaeh 20 stored message is associated with one or more persons that are servyce members of the voice mail system. Each voice message to a'called-party is then organized sequentially in chronological order as in the prior art sequential tape recording answering devices: These vo~.ce mail systems lack the ability to access a 25 voice message selectively by name, since there is no way a user can determine the identity of any of the callers without listening to the messages.
It is also known that digital recording of voice messages can be used to replace the magnetic tape, but again 3~ selective accessing of a particular indiv~.dual's messages in selective order is'not possible.
Summary of the Invention Thus, it is an object of the invention to provide a 35 telephone answering device ("TAD") that allows visual W(3 93/20640 f~ '~ ~~ ~ ~ ~,~ r~ 4 P~.'T/U~93102996~~
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identification of callers' identities and selective access to their linked recorded voice messages.
It is a further object that the TAD provide a link between each recorded voice message and personal information pre- .
stored in data base memory related to that caller.
It is a further object of the invention to_provide a , TAD that displays a list of all caller's identities and that displays such list so that the user may selectively access the voice message associated with a given caller without having to listen to all preceding ~roice messages.
It is another object of the invention that visual identification of the callers' identities and the ability to selectively access their linked recorded messages is possible remotely over the telephone lines.
is In accordance with the objects of the invention, a telephone answering device (TAD) is provided which includes a means of intelligently organizing voice messages, associated ent~~ed codes such as personal IDs end home telephone numbers, and information stored in the memory of the TAD. These codes or numbers'~.re decoried by means of the caller entering DTMF signals into the telephone which are recognized, recorded and processed by the °TAD. When processed with codes and personal information previousl~r entered into the device' s memory, the TAD displays the identity of the caller for each message, thus providing a menu of choices in the form of a list of the callers' names. This ~nabl2s the user to access individualmm.essages in a selective manner based on the identity of the caller. The need to listen to the actual voice messages to determine the caller's identity and 'the need to listen to the messages sequentially or 3a dhronologically i~ obviated, saving time and effort.
Add2tionall~r,! the voice message is also linked to pre-stored additional data in the data base: Thus, when hearing a message, _ one also can ~riew relevant associated irxformation, such as a fax number, alternate phone number, etc., that might not have been , left in the audio message but might be important.

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P~f/US93f02996 ~"~ 93120640 A remote access device is also provided that allows the user to retrieve and display the callers' identities and select a message to be played back from a remote location.
5 Brief Descrilation of the Drawings The above and other objects and advantages-will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reviewing the detailed description of the preferred embodiments in conjunction with a review of the appended drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a telephone answering device according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the major functional circuit blocks and their connections of the TAD;
Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the answer mode of 25 the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the record mode of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the DTMF decode routine of the present invention;
2~ Fig. 6 is a chart illustrating the contents of a first memory sects~n of the invention;
Fig. 7 is a chart illustrating the contents of a second memary section;
Fig. 8 is a chart illustrating the contents of a third 25 memory section;
Fige 9 is an illustration of the display of the ~:nvention, listing received calls;
Fig. 10 is an illustration of the display recalling ih,~orznat~.on linked to one of the callers;
30 Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a typical operation df the present invention; and Fig. 12 is a front view of a remote access device according to the invention;
Fig. 13 is a side view of a remote access device;

WiD 93120640 PCT/US93/~299E~.a", ~ -j =-~ fi ~ S2 ; ~ 6 Fig. 14 is a schematic of the components and their interconnections in the remote access device according to the invention;
Fig. 15 is a flowchart illustrating operation of the remote access device;
Fig. is is a perspective view of a modified.telephOne answering device including a remote access device;
Fig. l7 is a perspective view of a modified telephone answering device with the remote access device detached; and Figs. 18-19 are front views of a mobile telephone including a remote access device according to the invention.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments Fig. 1 illustrates the front perspective view of a telephone answering device (TAD) 25 according to the invention.
The TAD preferably includes a standard telephone handset 30 k~aving a microphone and speaker for audio communication with a user. The, remainder of the TAD preferably includes a da.splay/touch screen 32 and various keys 34 used to activate functions of the TAD: Some of the keys 34a are arranged as a numera.c keypad, siynilar to standard touch-tone telephones. This allows the TAD to be used as a standard telephone, as well as providing access to alphanumeric input by the user. Another set of keys 34b below the numeric keypad includes other standard telephone functions, such as flash, redial, mute and speaker, which allovas audio ct~mmunication without the handset, as is known.
A third set of keys 34c are used for access to a stored database within the TAD that contains information about callers, as chscribed more fully below. Inputting the information to the database is accomplished similarly to the disclosure of the inventor's above-menta.oned U.S: Patent No. 4,304,968 or in any fashion known in the art. A fourth and fifth set of keys 34d, 34e are used for accessing identification data about recorded messages and then accessing and retrieving those messages . A key ie ' :i ~ ~ ''.~
X10 93120644 PCf/~1S93J02996 36 for recarding.the outgoing message of the TAD is included, as is a standard "an-off" key 38. A11 of these keys 34a-e,36,38 and their functions are described more fully below with respect to the preferred embodiment. Of course, other arrangements of keys and input devices are contemplated by the invention. ' The display/touch screen 32 is shown in a-state when several messages have been received and recorded by the TAD. The display preferably indicates the identity 40 and phone number~42 of the callers who recorded the messages, the identity information preferably being retrieved from the database as described more fully below. Through actuation of the touch screen 32 or keys 34d,34e, it is possible to playback any of the voice messages left by the displayed callers, in any sequence, and to perform other functions, such as automatically dialing the particular caller's number to return the call, as described more fully below.
By creating an internal link between the recorded voice message and stored digital database data., an intelligent organized voice/data message (IOVDM) is formed that can be displayed with alphanumeric information, played back as analog recorded voice, processed in a database, etc.
Fig: 2 illustrates the block diagram of the circuit elements comprising an embodiment of the present invention.
The microcontroller 1 is preferably a 68HC11, manufactured by Motorola Semiconductor. The microcontroller ih.ternally is comprised of memory 2 containing RAM memory and EPROM memory circuits that are known to those skilled in the art .
The RAM memory functions as read/write memory used for storing data.:and temporary system status events of the mic~ocontroller.
In the present inverxtion, the RAM memory of the microcontroller 1 ~.s also used for the storage of telephone numbers, names, user identif ica~ion codes, other information about callers, and voice messages. Similarly, the EPROM memory stores the program instructions for the control and operation of the znicrocontroller. These circuit elements are organized and i~VO 9312640 PCT/US93/a2996fi~, N 1. tr' ~. ~ 8 , connected in a data/address and control circuit bus structure 20, the general structure of which is known in the art.
The display controller 3 is a known circuit that converts data and control signals from the microcontroller unit , into video signals that produce character and graphic information on the display unit 4. The display controller 3 is preferably a circuit comprising the ~ignetics 2670, 2672 and 2673 CRT
controller integrated circuit set. The display controller. 3 drives the display unit 4 to produce visual display output with character and/or graphic indicia to be presented to the user.
The display unit 4 is overlaid with a touch screen 5, such as that available from Microtouch, Wilmington, Massachusetts. The touch screen 5 is an input device that presents an X-Y positional coordinate pair to the microcontroller 1 indicating the position touched on the screen 5. Through the use of software within the microcontroller memory, the touch screen is positionally mapped onto the underlying indicia, allowing the user to select or indicate information and functions displayed on the display unit 4.
~0 The speech recorder/playback and DTMF transceiver circuit 6 is preferably comprised of the DS2271DK speech recorder/playback board manufactured by Dallas Semiconductor, Dallas, Texas: Illustrated in Fig. 2 is the microphone input 7 and the speaker output 8 interfaced to the speech recorder/playback circuit 6 which enables the user to record and play~e:ck voice messages.
The functifln of the voice re~ord/playback circuit 6 is to record voice messages into and from the memory 2, and to later play back these voice messages. Other functions of the circuit 3~ 6 include DTMF decoding, line status determination and DTMF
~ez!ieration:, The messages are recorded either through the microphone unit 7, which is intended for the recording of,the , outgoing message, or through the data access arrangement circuit (D.AA) 10 than interfaces tip and ring lines to a standard RJ11 jack 11, which is preferably connected to a line on the public _j ' ,..1 ;a .v. a.
W~ 93/2Q640 PC.'T/1JS931a2996 telephone network. The voice playback function provides an output voice signal either through the speaker 8 or through the DAA 10 connected to the telephone line. The DAA 10 is preferably the CH1840 manufactured by Cermetek Microelectronic Company, Sunnyvale, California.
The DAA 10 also pro~.rides a signal indicating the incoming ring signal status to the microcontroller 1 via wire connection 25 as illustrated. After a preprogrammed number of ring signals, which may be adjustable, the TAD answers the call by providing a signal on line 26 to the DAA 10, which causes the DAA l0 to put the telephone line in the off-hook state, thereby causing the TAD to answer the call.
Voice signals are transmitted to and from the telephone Line through the RJ11 connector 11 and pass through the DAA 10 to the voice recorder/playback circuit on RCV and XMIT1 lines.
Voice signals are in analog form when inputted to the voice recorderjplayback circuit 6. As illustrated, these connections RCV and XMIT1 are capacitively coupled between the DAA 10 and the iroice recorder/playback circuit. The voice signal is preferably digitized and stored in the voice memory section of the memory 2 by meah,g of the redorder/playback circuit 6, although other sGorag2 means, such as analog memory circuits, are possible.
'fhe microcontroller 1 controls the functioning of the voice/playback circuit such as with PLAY, RECORD, ERASE, and STOP
signals along with the signals corresponding to message numbers.
The PLAY, RECORD, ERASE, and STOP signals to the recorder/playback circuit s are received from the microcontroller via the output bus l3 as illustrated. These control functions are activated by means of the microcontroller toggling pins corxnected to bus 1~, and selecting the desired message number ~hrdugh an output port on the microcontroller 1 via' the bus connection 14 as illustrated.
The DTMF signals received from the telephone network are decoded as is known by the voice recorder/playback circuit 6.
Through the same circuit, the energy level on the telephone line fV~ 93/206'80 ~CT/US93/~D2996~~, Nl' ~_:.~_ J.t 10 can be detected, indicating to the microcontroller if there is voice signals on the line (varying energy level), DTMF signals (steady, known energy levels), or a dial tone or silence on the line (steady high or low energy level). The determination of the status of the line, in conjunction with the user setup mode provides input to the decision of the next machine operation,'as .
will be illustrated.
System Operation Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the answer program made of the present invention, in which the TAD loops and checks far an incoming call on the telephone line or for the user to activate a key.
As illustrated in Fig. 3, the TAD first determines if the user has pressed a key on the TAD (Decision block 100 ) . This is done by means of the microcontroller reading its X25232 serial da~a-port connected to the touch screen c> through connection 20 to determine if the screen has been touched. The microcontroller l is also connected to and monitors the other keys 34a-a on the TAD. If an X-Y coordinate pair is read and the parameters of the X-Y pair map onto the boundaries of a known key, a true key has been depressed and the microcontroller 1 calls the user mode routine (block 101):
If no key has been pressed, the system next tests if a ring ~a.gnal is available (block 110). If a ring signal is availalale, determined by reading the state of the DAA 10, the microcontroller then pxoceeds to block 120 in which it reads the 3r~riable stored in memory indicating the number of rings to wait bof~r2 answera.ng the ~.ncoming call (I3VC) . The microcontroller then preferably multiplies this number by 6 (a standard ring is 2 seconds with a 4 second silence gap) and counts down that number of seconds before answering.
As illustrated, during this delay, the microcontroller checks every ~ seconds to determine if the ringing has stopped.
~ 5 ~ f no ring is present , this indicates that the cal ler hung up .

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t'~ ~i~.' ~'~ 93/20640 PtT/US93/02996 The microcontroller would then return to block 100. If the timer successfully counts down, the system progresses into the outgoing message state (block 150).
The microcontroller causes the DAA to create an off hook state and then causes the voice/recorder playback circuit 6 to transmit the pre-recorded outgoing message (OGM) through the DAA to the telephone line. The AGM is preferably stored as message #1 in memory 2. As described below, the OGM includes instructions for the caller to enter a home phone number or other caller identifying information.
When the playing of the OGM is completed, the microcontroller preferably waits 5 seconds (block 160). 'this 5 second grace periad prevents malfunction of the TAD due to silence by the natural pause or hesitation of a caller before or during enunciation of a message. At block 170, the microcontroller determines if voice or DTMF signals are being transmitted. The microcontroller can distinguish three states during a call -- voice signals, DTMF signals, or dial toxse/silence -- by reading the level and modulation of the signals on the telephone line. The DS2271DK voice recor~.er/playback unit can distinguish between the tones of DTMF
'signals and the signal level ranges associated with human speech detected on the telephone line. If voice signals are detected, he microcontroller immediately executes the voice record routine: If no voice is present on the line, but DTMF signals ark-being transmitted, the microcontroller executes the DTMF
decode routine.
If, however, there is dial tone/silence on the telephone line for 5 seconds, the microcontroller causes the DAA
to go into the on-hook m~de (block 240) , which hangs up the phone and! terminates the call. The TAD now returns to its initial state in the answer mode routine of looping and checking fo,r a user key touch and waiting for a ring signal.
The process f or determining line silence, voice energy or DTMF signaling is illustrated in blocks 180, 190 and 200. If W~ 93120h40 '.~ ~ '~ ~ ~ j r~ 12 ~CT/tJS93/02996 ~..,~~
r: .. :.~ _._ r block 190 is true (voice energy levels present), program execution follows to block 220, the record routine. If, however, there is a DTMF tone present, execution follows to block 230, the DTMF decode routine.
Block 220, the record function, is illustrated in Fig.
4 and begins with the allocation of voice memory and data memory at block 300. This function increments a memory variable stored in EPROM that points to the next memory position allocated in the voice memory and data memory stored in memory circuit 2. This process is a preferred way to help organize the data and voice memory and link them together. Memory organization of the TAD is described more fully below.
At block 310, the voice message memory is accessed.
The record function is then executed and voice recorder/playback circuit begins digitizing the analog voice and stores this data sequentially in the voice memory 2. The record function is now in process and operating as a parallel task to the task of determining the line status: At block 320, data is then analyzed at block 330 (is there a dial tone). If this test is false, the block 340 (is there a DTMF tone) is executed.
zf both these blocks (330 and 3g0) generate a false, then- control is looped back to block 320, input signal levels, and allows the voice-record routine to continue. This looping back will compensate gor momentary silence or gaps in the voice 2~ message. If block 330 is true, i.e., there is a dial tone, then the voice recorda.ng routine is stopped at block 350 and the telephone line is put ~n-hook at block 370. The TAD then returns to answer mode (shown in Fig. 3) at block 390.
Zf block 340 is true, which means there is a DTMF
3U signal, the record routine is stopped at block 360 and block 380 cal~.;s the DTMF decode routine shown in Fig. 5. This routine decodes the DTMF signals keyed into the telephone by the caller and stores the code in memory of the TAD and links it to the voice memory if a voice message is recorded.

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v"'? 93/2ab40 PCT/US93/~2996 Operation is transferred to the DTMF decode routine when a DTMF signal is sensed on the telephone line, the routine begins at block 400 (allocate voice and data memory?. This process sets up data memory for receiving the DTMF signaling and links the data memory to voice message memory if a voice message has already been recorded. If a voice message has not yet been recorded it allocates an available message number in case a voice message is left later. This allows the system to be flexible and will allow the caller to key in a DTMF I.D. code anytime during the message sequence.
Control proceeds to block 410 to read the levels of the telephone line. At block 420, the microcontroller determines if there is still a DTMF signal on the line.
Tf block 420 is true, control is looped back to input block 410. This input and test loop continues until the DTMF
signal stops indicating either the standard silent interval between DTMF digits or perhaps that the DTMF signaling has been completed and a voice message has been initiated. If decision block 420 generates a false, it is determined at block 430 if a voice signal is present. Tf a voice signal is present, block 440 passes cox~tx°ol back to the record function routine of Fig. 4.
If no voice signal is on the line, block 430 generates a false; and control passes to block 450 in which it is determined if silence or a dial tone is present on the line.
Sa.lence indicates an inter-digit silence and control passes to block X70, v~hich stores the decoded DT~IF' digit and passes control back to block 410 to read the next DTMF digit.
If, howe~rer; there is dial tone on the line, indicating ~g~at the caller has disconnected, black 450 instead passes 3~ control to block 460, which puts the TI~D in the on-hook mode and proceeds tca block 480. Block 480 passes control to tae answer mode routine of Fig. 3. Now, the TAD is ready for a new incoming call or f or the user to activate a key function by pressing the torch screen.

i~0 9~120~40 PC'~'/US93/0299~~:~, 14 , Memory Organization The memory circuit block 2 (Fig. 2? connected to the microcontroller 1 as further illustrated in Figs. 6,7 and 8 is the storage means where the user options, commands, data and voice messages are stored and interact with the microcontroller unit 1 and the voice record/playback circuit 6 in.order~to , accomplish the features as taught in the present invention.
The data entered by the user for the functioning of the present invention includes textual names of the callers as they would appear on the display 4, for example, "Sid Ceaser," as well as user's identification code, i.e., 497-6201, and additional related data. This data is stored in the memory and organized by the database portion of the programming in memory section 1 illustrated in Fig. 6. The address or relative position of this data in the memory sectian can change as new names are entered or deleted as controlled and organized by database functions in the microcontroller.
The recorded messages which are entered by the caller can be composed either of l or 2 parts, a digital data part and a digitized analog part: The first part, which is the digital data- port~.on, is composed of the data acquired by the DTMF
decoding function as illustrated in the flowchart of Fig. 4 and is shored as binary numbers in memory section 2 as illustrated in Fig. 7: As explained, this digital data, which is composed of the ~ransl~ted c~de as entered by the caller from DTMF keypad, preferably also contains an address link byte to the voice message i~ the user had also recorded a voice message along with this data message:
The vice, message memory as required by the voice record/playback circuit 6 is a separate section of the memory, i.a: memory ~ectiom 3 as illustrated in Fig. 8.
The voice recorder/playback circuit 6 preferably da.gitizes and compresses the voice message and presents it to the microcontroller which stores a.t in a specific format in a 3~ separate section (section 3? of memory. The fox~nat is preferably '~ ~~ ''' ~' ~.
v"~ 93120640 Pt.'TlUS93/02996 composed of 128 byte speech records of which each voice message is composed of an integral number of records. The first byte of each record contains a number specifying which message number it is Bart of. The valid message numbers are preferably 1 to 254 5 although more, of course, are possible. Therefore, a preferred maximum of 253 incoming messages exists with message l..being the OGM. The message number in the record is used to link to the digital data message which contains the same message number.
Therefore, as explained, there are three sections of 10 memory which can be linked together by the database program function to form an intelligent organized voice/data message (IOVDM) as ~.aught in the present invention, These memory sections are:
Memory Section 1) The database entry by the user of the names with the associated data, such as telephone number and address, and the caller's I.D. which could be the caller's home or business telephone number or any unique code. (Fig. 6) Memory Section 2:) The message memory containing caller entered I.D. code data and linked ~5 message numbers. (Fig. 7) Memory Section-3) The message memory containing voice message data recorded by the caller.

(Fig. 8) S t. ~ A message as recorded by the caller can be composed of any of the following types:

1) A voice message alone.

w~ ~~>za~a ~ -~ ~' ~ ~ ~ ~~ PCI"liJS93/a29~6~.~.,, ~s , 2) A data message alone as described in U.S. Patent No.
4,304,968 by the inventors of the present invention.
3) ~ voice message as described in (1) linked to a data message as described in (2) that are linked together .
into an intelligent organized voice data message (IOVDM) as taught by the present invention.. ~ , The linking together of these separate data memory and voice memory elements in an IOVDM is performed by the database function and displayed on the display. To perform this linking, a reserved byte of memory attached to the data message is stored which indicates the voice message number it is linked to. The database pragram code then searches the database entry section in which the user entered the data such as name, address and phone 1.5 number. If a match is found between these, the information is presented to the user as an IOVDM.
Other ~aa~rs of linking the voice messages and data messages are possible. In one alternate configuration, each data mes~~.ge precedes its corresponding voice message in contiguous memory bytes.
Exam~l:e of Operation For proper functioning of the TL~D, it is preferred that database information, such as names, phone numbers and address, 2~ personal and/or business reference notes, etc. is entered by the user. using keys 34c for accessing the database, information, such 'as '9Regis Lamb" and his associated phone number "431-9762"
plus other additioxxal information may be entered. As seen in Fig . 6 , swera3: telephone numbers can be stored f o~ an individual. Preferably, they would be coded, for e~cample, with an ;sy~r y nHrr ~ reMn ~~. Other ZetterS, 81gn7Lfying nfJff 1Ce° , ''hOme" , "mobile", etc. The database can have as many entries as the user desires and the specific memory size wi~.l allow. The user pxe~erably also records the OGM, which would preferably include ina~ructions for the caller to enter his homy phone number or ;,~a"l ~'"~ 93/20640 ~ ~. ~j z ~ ~'~ Pt.°T/dJS93/02996 caller identifying number on a touch tone phone and then to record a voice message.
It is to be understood that any incoming signals over the telephone line with a voice message that is recognizable by the TAD and is generally unique to the caller may be used instead of DTMF tones. -. ' The unit is then left in the answer mode. Upon receiving a call (detecting rings), the TAD puts the telephone line in an off-hook state (Block 500, Fig. 11) and plays the outgoing message to the caller (Block 510).

Tf, for examgle, Regis Lamb were the fourth caller since the messages were last cleared, he would enter his home phone number, as requested by the OGM (Block 520). The microcontroller records the decoded identifying information in memory section 2, along with the available message number, in this case "5", as shown in Fig. 7. The microcontroller then searches all of the phone numbers stored in the database and matches tlae recei~red phone number to the stored data record and recalls Mr. Lamb's for display as message 4 (Block 530). This is shown on the example display in Fig. 9. The microcontroller also x~eco~ds NTr. Lamb's voice message as message number 5 (Fig. 8), linka:ng that voice message with the recalled data record through the laat in memory eection 2.

Later, the user would cove home and press, for example, ~5 the 'Display New Messages" key to see a list of the messages as shown a.n Fig. 9. By pressing on Mr. Lamb's name on the touch screen or the corresponding keypad number, only the fourth message would be prayed back from the proper location in memory, avoiding having to hear any other unwanted messages (block 540, 550): gimultaneously, the entire data record matching Mr. Lamb could also be displayed on the display while the voice message is being played back (Block 560), as shown in Fig. 10.

By merely pressing, "Return Call," the microprocessar would retrieve trie phone number from the data record and produce the DTMF tomes on the telephone line to dial Mr. Lamb. Tf more WO 93/20b40 ~ ,~ ~ ,. PCT/US9310299~~,, ~~ J~.~~i 18 , than one phone number appears on Mr. Lamb's data display, the touch screen or corresponding keypad number could be used to select and then dial any of the numbers (Block 570, 580).
If a caller does not enter any identifying code during the phone call, the TAD will display "No ID" or another message in place of the caller's name on the display list.
Remote Access Messages stored in the TAD can be accessed from a remote telephone by using a portable remote access device (RAD) 55, which is hand held and not directly interfaced to a phone, and in which the same list of telephone numbers and names have preferably been stored as in the user's base TAD.
The preferred embodiment of the RAD 55 is shown in Fig .
12 and 13, ~.n which it can be seen that the RAD includes a display 4', selection keys 34' and a telephone couplerw50, such as an acoustic ct~upler or an induction coil coupler. The internal components of'the RAD are shown in Fig. 14, including the coupler 60 connected to a microcontroller 1'. The microcont~oller 1.' also receives input from the selection keys 34', as descdibed in more detail below. Memory circuits 2' are also included that aye similar to those described above in the TAD, :except them is preferably no memory section reserved for recorded ~roice messages, significantly decreasing the memory 25'~ requirements. The display 4' and display controller 3' are sim~:lar to those described above. Thane is preferably no touch screen in the RAD, although it is contemplated that it could be used similarly:
The preferred remote operation using the RAD 55 is shown schematically in Fig. 15. The user first dials the telephone nuanber (block &00) of the phone connected to the base TAD; whether it be a home or other number, and waits for the base TAD to pick up and play the OGM as described above. The user then preferably dials a code tblock &10) , for instance "1-1-1-1, °' on the phone. The audio signal generated by his dialing is ~; ~ -.: 1 .L . .
w ~"'~ 93/20640 PGT/US93/02996 received by the base TAD through the telephone line and corwerted by the microprocessor 1 into digital information, as discussed above. This particular code instructs the microprocessor 1 of the base TAD to feed out in rapid succession all the stored phone numbers from memory section 2 as the appropriate touch-tone frequencies (block 620), and outputs these frequencies through the telephone line to the phone the user is dia?ing from. The user places the hand-held RAD on the phone receiver and, via the telephone coupler 60, the DTMF tones outputted by the base TAD
O are received into the microprocessor 1' of the RAD 55 and converted into digital form: In this manner, the identifying phone numbers of ail the callers stored in the base TAD are quickly transferred to the ~tAD 55 via the telephone line. The microprocessor I' then preferably matches the received phone numbers with its internal database (block 630) and displays the list of names and numbers of the callers (see Fig.' 12), as desGr~.bed above with respect to the TAD. Alternatively, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, if there is no st~red database within the RAD, the phone numbers alone are displayed.
Next to the names and/or numbers of the callers, the RAD displays a linkang code that corresponds to message numbers, as can be seen in' Fig: 12 . This alerts the user to and specifies the linked recorded voice messages stored in the base TAD. It is also contemplated that the linking code might not be directly displayed, but would instead determine the order of display for the names, thus indicating the linking code f or each message.
The linking code is preferably transmitted indirectly by the base TAD via the order in which the DTMF phone numbers are sent to the RED 55, i.a., t3~.e order itself being representative of the Linking code .
At this point, the user may now select the message or messages that he wants to hear from the displayed list. For example, if he chooses to hear Mark Brenner's message first, he would merely press the number 4 on the telephone (block 640) .

WO 93/20640 PL~'/dJS93/0299b...~ry ~. O i ~ <) '~ 2 0 The base TAD receives the DTMF signal, decode it, and proceed to playback voice message number 4 (block 650). Other messages may be played back by pressing other message numbers on the telephone. When the user is finished listening to the message, he can either press a code, such as "#" to cause the base TAD to hang up, or hang up the telephone he has been using. The TAD~is preferably equipped with a timer that causes it to hang up after a predetermined period of silence during the message retrieval function. It is also contemplated that the linking codes could ~.0 be completely internal to the RAD and not displayed. The user selects the voice message to be played back with the selection keys 34', using the displayed list of names as a menu. The RAD
then outputs appropriate DTMF signals to the base TAD to cause it to playback the voice message. The link between the voice message and the displayed names could also be completely within the base TAD: Then, for example, the RAD could transmit entire DTMF phone numbers back to the base TAD after the user selects a particular displayed name or number. The base TAD would then p7:ay back the voice message linked to the phone number. In any ~p c~.se, it is important that the RAD or the user be able to communicate with the base TAD,to select which voice messages it i,s toplayback and the sequence of such playback.
After hearing the messages, the user may wish to return the call of one or several of the callers. Since the F.AD is preferably pre-stored with a complete database of names and phone Wxmbers, a particular caller on the list could be selected with the arrow keys 34a'- and the entire data record retrieved with the select button 34b' . A particular number in the record could. then be similarly highlighted. By pressing the select button 34b' again, while holding the R.AD to the microphone of the telephone, the ~ RAI7 performs' as an auto--dialer, outputting the DTMF
frequencies f or the selected number. Other features, such, as credit card calling, could also be incorporated into the RAD.
Since the RAD is separate from the base TAD, it is possible that the databases may not always be completely cP .~, ;? .~ r n .l W'n 93/206~~ ~' - L' ~. _~_ :~ a PCT/US93/t1~996 identical. For eacample, if a phone number is transmitted by the TAD to the ~, the name of a caller matching that number might not be stored. In this case, the RAD simply displays the phone number on the screen, allowing for the possibility that the number might be recognized by the user.
It is also contemplated that the features and components of the ItAD could be incorporated into existing pocket databank organizers that are known. The database for the RAD
system could be shared with the other organizer functions.
Tn an alternate embodiment, the RAD 55' could be a detachable part of a modified base TAD 64 as shown in Figs. 16 and l7. When mounted in the TAD 64, the RAD 55' is electrically connected to the TAD 64 and sexves as the display and database for the TAD 64. When the RAD 55' is removed for mobile use as shown in b'ig. 17, the modified base TAD 64 is only left with components sufficient to allow it to pick up the phone,~play the OGM, record v~:~.ce messages, decode and store DTMF signals, and link he DTMF signals to the voice messages. Through the linking dode~ in the RAD, the link between the caller's identity and the voice messages could be entirely within the RAD, such as if the linking code corresponded to the stored voice message number.
Additi~nally, the modified TAD 64 has programming to allow it to interface wa.th , the ' R.AD 55 or 55' as described above.
Communication between a RAD and the modified TAD 64 would be 25' identical to communication with a full-feature TAD. However, ~h,is modified base TAD 64 has no display once the KAD 55' is removed, nor a duplicate database to that stared in the RAD, and thus could not function identically to the preferred stand-alone TAD. This combination of a modified TAD and RAD would be a less expensive alternative to a full-function TAD and a separate R.AD.
The zinodified TAD :54 'preferably includes other keys for inputting database information, etc. , although these are shown covered with cover 68, In Fig. 18, a modified mobile telephone 80, such as a cellular phone, is shown, which has a RAD incorporated within.

fV~ 93I2~t~~0 PCT/US93/~2996.~-<~
-:~~~ J~~.~~ ~ 22 The RAD functions as mentioned above, except the connection between the RAD and the remote telephone (now the cellular phone) is electrical and the selection buttons may be shared between them. Additionally, the telephone is constructed with a larger display 82 than is conventional to allow for the display of caller identities. Tn this construction, the voice message transmitted by the base unit may be heard over the cellular telephone simultaneously with display of the additional information for the caller in question. Additionally, the mobile 3:0 telephone could be programmed such that, through actuation of a single function key, the telephone would call the base TAD, establish a telephone connection, and automatically interact with the base TAD to retrieve the callers' identities for the stored messages.
As seen in Fig. 19, the display 82 may also be used to display additional information for a selected caller'. Then, i~hrough selection of a displayed phone number, the cellular telephone.automatically dials the number and provides a telephone connection.
pf course, several RADs could he used to access a single TAD, although preferably not simultaneously.
~nThile the embodiments shown and described are fully capable of achie~ring the obj ects of the invention, it is to be understood that these'embodiments are shown only for the purpose 0~ ~:llustration and not for the purpose of limitation.

Claims

WE CLAIM:
1. A mobile telephone for use with a telephone answering device which receives and stores voice messages, each voice message corresponding to a particular one of a plurality of callers, said mobile telephone comprising:
means for receiving first signals from said telephone answering device, each of said first signals specifying a particular one of a plurality of callers;
means for displaying caller identities associated with said stored voice messages;
selection means associated with said displaying means for allowing selection of the displayed identities; and means for controlling said telephone answering device, said means for controlling being operatively connected with said selection means for transmitting a second signal to said telephone answering device to cause said telephone answering device to play back a selected stored voice message in response to the selection of a displayed caller identity.
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