Global Patent Index - EP 1040637 A1

EP 1040637 A1 20001004 - AUTOMATIC ANSWERING TELEPHONE ACCESSIBLE TO INTERNET

Title (en)

AUTOMATIC ANSWERING TELEPHONE ACCESSIBLE TO INTERNET

Title (de)

AUTOMATISCHER TELEFONANRUFBEANTWORTER MIT ZUGANG ZU INTERNET

Title (fr)

REPONDEUR TELEPHONIQUE AUTOMATIQUE ACCESSIBLE A L'INTERNET

Publication

EP 1040637 A1 20001004 (EN)

Application

EP 99909371 A 19990323

Priority

  • KR 9900129 W 19990323
  • KR 19980048289 A 19981111

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0028719A1] The present invention relates to an automatic answering telephone accessible to Internet. The present invention is provided to allow an automatic answering telephone to access the Internet and transmit voice data recorded therein to an Internet mail server by way of an e-mail. The present invention is provided for an automatic answering telephone so as to send a user's prerecorded announcement to a caller, store a voice signal of the caller, and transmit the stored voice signal to a mail server when there is an incoming call during the user's absence. The automatic answering telephone accessible to the Internet according to the present invention comprises: an analog to digital converter (316) for converting the caller's voice signal to a digital signal; a storage unit (318) for storing the digital voice signal received from the analog to digital converter (316); an e-mail generator (326) for generating an e-mail from the voice signal stored in the storage unit (318); and a transmitter (324) for transmitting the e-mail to the Internet mail server.

IPC 1-7

H04M 1/64; H04M 3/50

IPC 8 full level

H04M 1/253 (2006.01); H04M 1/65 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04M 1/2535 (2013.01); H04M 1/6505 (2013.01); H04M 3/533 (2013.01); H04M 7/0054 (2013.01); H04M 3/53325 (2013.01); H04M 2201/60 (2013.01); H04M 2203/4536 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0028719A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0028719 A1 20000518; AU 2858699 A 20000529; EP 1040637 A1 20001004; KR 19990037578 A 19990525

DOCDB simple family (application)

KR 9900129 W 19990323; AU 2858699 A 19990323; EP 99909371 A 19990323; KR 19980048289 A 19981111