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Method and apparatus for annotated voice mail response

CA 2330981 A1 · Owner: Fix, Frederick R. · Inventors: Fix, Frederick R.

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A voice mail system allows the recipient of a voice message to annotate the message with one or more verbal responses for delivery back to the originating party. The verbal responses are preferably inserted into the original message at the print or, points within the message where responses are solicited. Thus a reply message , is, generated having questions and verbal responses interleaved within a single message for, replay by the originating party. In one embodiment the message recipient , indicates to, the system during message playback, the point in the message where he wishes to insert, a verbal response. Playback is then paused and the recipient's verbal response is, recorded. …

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  • Filed January 11, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 11, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 11, 2001
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedJanuary 11, 2021
Patent numberCA 2330981 A1
Classification (IPC)H04M3/53

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