Patent ID: 6542603
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone apparatus with an answering function and for use with a transmission telephone number display service to notify a user of a telephone number of a call received over a transmission telephone line, the apparatus comprising:display means; means for producing a wobble tone indicating an incoming call, wherein said wobble t one has a fixed period; a first memory for storing a voice message transmitted through said transmission telephone line in an answering function mode; a second memory for storing said telephone number of the call received over the transmission telephone line and for storing data to make said voice message stored in said first memory correspond to said telephone number and for storing a list of telephone numbers and corresponding names of respective callers; and control means for causing said display means to display said telephone number, corresponding name, and a presence or absence of the voice message stored in said first memory corresponding to said telephone number stored in said second memory to be displayed in accordance with said data in said second memory, for checking said telephone number against said list of telephone numbers and causing said means for producing a wobble tone to produce a first wobble tone having said fixed period in the form of a first pulse tone having a first time length followed by a predetermined first time length with a voice sound of the name of the caller produced in said predetermined first time following said first pulse tone upon finding a match and to produce a second wobble tone having said fixed period and being different than said first wobble tone in the form of a second pulse tone having a second time longer than said first time length and followed by a predetermined second time shorter than said predetermined time length and having no sound therein upon not finding a match.