Patent ID: 7106852
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for a telephone, comprising: (a) a mechanical device associated with a conversation representation; (b) a memory, coupled to the mechanical device, for storing a conversation element associated with a conversation representation and representing an audible utterance for a remote listener in an ongoing, interactive conversation in a quiet mode of the system; (c) a processor coupled to the memory and to the mechanical device and including an audio generator, the processor for generating the audible utterance in response to a user interaction with the mechanical device during a user's use of the quiet mode; (d) a physical switch for use by the user to switch between said quiet mode and an active, direct audio input mode of the user, without putting the remote listener on hold, wherein the active, direct audio input mode, is configured to accept live vocalizations by the user into the telephone and to transmit the accepted live vocalizations through the telephone; (e) a connection adapted to deliver signals appropriate for telephone transmission in either one of the quiet mode or the active, direct audio input mode; and (f) a recording device for recording audio input into the memory, wherein said audio input becomes associated with a conversation representation.