公开(公告)号：WO1995018501A1

公开(公告)日：1995-07-06

申请号：PCT/US1994014959

申请日：1994-12-28

Applicant: GTE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED

Inventor： GTE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED ,  PANDHARIPANDE, Milind, M. ,  WATTS, Ronald, F.

IPC: H04M01/64

CPC classification number: H04M3/537

Abstract: A method and apparatus for visually or audibly indicating to a served party that messages are waiting (165) on a telephone network-based message accumulation system such as voice mail, FAX store-and-forward, and other telecommunications devices (110). In one embodiment of the invention, the method is utilized in conjunction with a telephone network-based voice mail system or other telephone network-based message accumulation system. The invention is accomplished through the use of auxiliary computer systems (120) which are associated with single or multiple central office switching systems (105). Existing single pair telephone wiring is utilized to couple the telecommunications device (110) and the message waiting indicator apparatus (165) to the telephone network (135), and thus no additional wiring requirements are needed.

Abstract translation: 一种视觉或听觉地向服务方指示消息正在诸如语音邮件，传真存储转发和其他电信设备（110）的电话网络消息聚合系统上等待（165）的方法和装置。 在本发明的一个实施例中，该方法与基于电话网络的语音邮件系统或其他基于电话网络的消息聚集系统结合使用。 本发明通过使用与单个或多个中心局交换系统（105）相关联的辅助计算机系统（120）来实现。 现有的单对电话线用于将电信设备（110）和消息等待指示设备（165）耦合到电话网（135），因此不需要附加的布线要求。