Patent №
US 6,608,891
Granted
2003-08-19
Filed 1999
Owner
AMERITECH CORP.
Lab
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AI components
1
speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09270890
A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. In a first embodiment, information is provided to a subscriber who simply lifts the handset of the telephone. The subscriber instead of hearing a dial tone hears the information in the form of streaming audio. In another embodiment, information is provided to the subscriber by way of information displayed on a caller-ID display and/or by way of talking caller-ID.
AI classification
Ownership
AMERITECH CORP.
assignment · 99750637
Assignors
PELLETIER, KAREN JEANNE, GRIFFITH, LAURA MARIE, PICKARD, MICHAEL STEVEN, EKSTROM, GAYLE ROBERTA, BOSSEMEYER, ROBERT WESLEY., JR., BENNETT, RAYMOND WALDEN III, LIGHT, JORDAN HOWARD, ISRAELSKI, EDMOND W., STUCKMAN, BRUCE EDWARD
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