摘要 |
PURPOSE:To know the name of a caller, etc., incoming during the sending of an answering message by providing a recording means, which records, at least, a part of the message, incoming from the caller during the reproduction of the answering message. CONSTITUTION:When the incoming of a telephone appears at an automatic answering mode, a bell signal tone from a line is detected by an incoming detection circuit 10. A microcomputer 12 turns a tape deck 1 into a reproduction mode based on this detection, and at the same time, makes a reproduction circuit part 15 and an index recording/reproducing part 7 operate. An answering message (OGM) signal, reproduced from a tape 2, is sent from the circuit 15 to the line and transmitted to the caller. At this time, if it is assumed that the caller spoke a part of his own business message (ICM), e.g., the name of the caller, the said ICM signal is impressed to a recording/reproducing part 7 and recorded in a RAM 8. This recording is carried out for required time from the start of the sending of the OGM. Thus, at least, the name of the caller is recorded in the RAM 8, and the name of the caller can be known.
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