US PATENT SUBCLASS 379 / 70
.~.~ Call intercept or answering

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379 /   HD   TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATIONS

67.1  DF  AUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESIS {13}
68  DF  .~ Dynamic audio signal recording or reproduction {4}
70.~.~ Call intercept or answering {7}
71  DF  .~.~.~> Consecutive use of recorded phrases or words to form message
72  DF  .~.~.~> Sequential or repeated announcement during single call initiated cycle
73  DF  .~.~.~> Plural record carrier channels
74  DF  .~.~.~> Remote control over telephone line {3}
78  DF  .~.~.~> Acoustic coupling
79  DF  .~.~.~> With specified call initiated cycle control circuitry {4}
84  DF  .~.~.~> At switching facility (e.g., central office, switchboard)

DEFINITION

Classification: 379/70

Call intercept or answering:

(under subclass 68) Subject matter including establishing of telephonic communication between a component connected to the recorder or reproducer and a distinct calling station connected to the telephone system in response to a calling signal initiated from the calling station.

(1) Note. The component is often the station being called.

(2) Note. The recorder or reproducer is usually actuated in response to the telephonic communication.

(3) Note. Such subject matter often includes both a reproducer for transmitting an announcement upon initial actuation and subsequently actuated recorder for generating a record of an incoming message.