Patent ID: 7418096
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for audibly annunciating information transmitted over a network using a signal representative of the information, the apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving the signal representative of the information transmitted over the network, the signal comprising a stream of characters representative of the information; a control circuit for capturing a ring signal received from the network, wherein the receiver provides a subsequent ring signal to a telephone ringer after receiving the signal representative of the information transmitted over the network; a converter in communication with the receiver for converting the signal representative of the information into a stream of audio signals; and a speaker in communication with the converter for producing audible sounds corresponding to the stream of audio signals representative of the information received over the network, wherein the converter is in communication with one or more matching networks, the one or more matching networks operative to reroute and forward the stream of audio signals to a speaker in an alternative communication device.