Patent ID: 7136463

Claim:
A telephone message exporting system comprising: a telephone answering machine having a main housing; a central processor positioned in said main housing; outgoing message storage assembly positioned in said main housing for storing an outgoing message to be played when said answering machine responds to an incoming call, said outgoing message storage assembly being operationally coupled to said central processor; an incoming message storage assembly positioned in said main housing and operationally coupled to said central processor for storing an incoming message as a stored audio message; a written translation program operationally coupled to said central processor and said incoming message storage assembly for translating said stored audio message into a written message; and a printer positioned in said main housing and operationally coupled to said central processor for printing out said written message; wherein said central processing unit automatically deletes said stored audio message from said incoming message storage assembly upon printing of said written message translated from said stored audio message.