Patent ID: 7206572
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A caller announcement apparatus for a telephone system that provisions a telephone call between a caller station and a called station, where the telephone system provides signals to the called station that include caller identification signals, the caller announcement apparatus comprising: a signal receiver at the called station operatively connected to the telephone system to receive signals therefrom, the signal receiver being operative to extract caller identification signals from the signals received from the telephone system and to provide caller identification data corresponding to the extracted caller identification signals; memory storage for storing audio identity information associated with the caller identification data; a processing unit operatively connected to the signal receiver to receive caller identification data therefrom, the processing unit being operative to access the memory storage to retrieve stored audio identity information associated with the caller identification data; an audio transducer; an audio announcing circuit operatively connected to the processing unit to receive retrieved audio identity information therefrom, the audio announcing circuit being operative to use the retrieved audio identity information to produce audio using the audio transducer.