Claims
- 1. A telephone switching system, comprising:
- main equipment;
- a display panel connected to said main equipment;
- a plurality of key sets; and
- voice storage equipment in communication with said plurality of key sets via said main equipment and which records and plays back voice mail messages from incoming central office lines and from said plurality of key sets,
- means for memorizing at least one voice mail message, sender and receiver phone numbers and a recording time in said voice storage equipment;
- means for displaying a status of each recorded voice mail message on a display of each of the plurality of key sets; and
- means for displaying a status of each recorded voice mail message on said display panel connected to said main equipment;
- wherein said means for memorizing at least one voice mail message in said voice storage equipment comprises a time clock for keeping time, a control for controlling operations of said voice storage equipment, a voice memory for storing voice mail messages, and a directory memory for storing sender and receiver phone numbers and a time of the storing of each voice mail message, the sender phone numbers being phone numbers of originators of said voice mail messages from said incoming central office lines and said plurality of key sets, said receiver phone numbers corresponding to phone numbers of said plurality of key sets for receivers of said voice mail messages, and the time of the storing of each voice mail message being measured by said time clock within said voice storage equipment.
- 2. The telephone switching system claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for selecting a desired voice mail message for playing back.
- 3. The telephone switching system of claim 1, wherein said main equipment comprises:
- a plurality of key set interfaces for interfacing with respective key sets of said plurality of key sets, a switch for connecting incoming central office lines, a display interface for interfacing with said display panel connected to said main equipment, and a main control for controlling telephone switching system operations.
- 4. The telephone switching system of claim 1, wherein said display panel comprises a display and a display conrtol for controlling the operation of the display panel.
- 5. The telephone switching system of claim 1, wherein each of said key sets of said plurality of key sets comprises a hand set, a dial key for sending messages to other key sets, and a key set control for sending dial information and contents of a voice mail message to said voice storage equipment.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 07/754,468, filed Sep. 4, 1991, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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