Appeal No. 2002-2045
Application No. 08/874,005
The disclosed invention pertains to a cordless
communication device, such as a telephone, which is operative in
both a communication mode and a message mode. One feature of the
invention is that a digitized cordless communication compression
scheme is used to code and decode signals in the communication
mode and to code signals received from a calling party in the
message mode.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A cordless communication device operative in a
communication mode and a message mode, the communication device
comprising:
a speaker;
a receiver provided to receive signals of a call received
from a calling party;
a memory arrangement for storing messages; and
a processor coupled to the memory arrangement, the processor
being configured to code and decode signals in accordance with a
digitized cordless communication compression scheme used for
cordless communication when in the communication mode, and, when
in the message mode, to code signals received from the calling
party using the digitized cordless communication compression
scheme and store the coded signals as a coded message in the
memory arrangement.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Horimoto 5,327,481 July 05, 1994
Heidari 5,790,957 Aug. 04, 1998
(filed Sep. 12, 1995)
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