Appeal No. 1998-1393 Page 3
Application No. 08/498,306
said base unit further including a first radio
frequency transmitter for transmitting a first
plurality of information codes and a first radio
frequency receiver for receiving a second plurality
of information codes;
a handset unit with a second radio frequency
transmitter and a second radio frequency receiver
for respectively transmitting the second plurality
of information codes to the first receiver and
receiving the first plurality of information codes
from the first transmitter in the base unit, said
handset unit including loudspeaking means for
generating an audible acoustic signal upon receipt
of both a first and a second one from said first
plurality of information codes, said first one from
said first plurality of information codes being
indicative of a coincidence between said stored
telephone number and said caller-ID signal, and said
second one from said first plurality of information
codes being provided by said base unit for audibly
reproducing an incoming message being recorded in
said telephone answering device; and
control means in said handset unit for
activating said loudspeaking means in response to
receipt of said first one from said first plurality
of information codes for generating at the handset
unit said voice message associated with said
telephone number and in response to receipt of said
second one from said plurality of information codes
for audibly reproducing at the handset unit said
incoming message being recorded in the telephone
answering device, said control means further
including means for deactivating said loudspeaking
means in response to receipt of a third one from
said first plurality of information codes, said
third one from said first plurality of information
codes being provided by said base unit upon said
telephone answering device returning to an on-hook
state.
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