Patent ID: 7372947
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A message exchange connected to a public switched telephone network including a plurality of subscribers, comprising: an address module configured to store a plurality of lists with subscriber identifications, each identification containing a subscriber identifier and a corresponding reference number, and each list being assigned to at least one of the subscribers; a receiving module configured to receive a spoken message from one of the subscribers in the telephone network via the telephone network, the one of the subscribers being a transmitting subscriber, and to store the spoken message with an identification of the transmitting subscriber; a speech recognition module configured to enable the transmitting subscriber to designate by means of spoken language at least one of the other subscribers as an addressee to whom the spoken message is addressed, and configured to enable the transmitting subscriber to edit the list assigned to the transmitting subscriber using speech recognition by means of spoken language; a transmission module configured to transmit the stored message by means of an automatic call to the addressee, and to inquire if a reply is to be sent from the addressee to the transmitting subscriber; and a reply module configured to receive and to store the reply from the addressee.