Richard M Stark

US Patent:

20020131566, Sep 19, 2002

Filed:

Mar 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/091180

Inventors:

Richard Stark - Orono MN, US
Reginald McNutt - Plymouth MN, US
Daithi Haxton - Thorntown IN, US

International Classification:

H04M001/64
H04M011/00
H04M001/56
H04M015/06

US Classification:

379/088190, 379/093240, 379/142010

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are provided to digitize an incoming telephone message, optionally compress the audio file to make the file smaller, optionally encrypt the file to make it secure, send the audio file as an electronic mail attachment with optional caller ID information to identify the caller, receive the electronic mail on a remote computer, and finally de-compress, de-encrypt and play the attached audio file through a sound card on the remote computer. A permanent electronic record of the voice mail is now available on the user's remote computer.

US Patent:

20110178947, Jul 21, 2011

Filed:

Jan 19, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/689734

Inventors:

Reginald Leslie McNutt - Plymouth MN, US
Richard Miller Stark - Long Lake MN, US
Brian Lee Schroeder - Maple Grove MN, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00
A47F 10/06
A47F 10/02
G06Q 99/00
G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

705346, 186 53, 700 94, 709219

Abstract:

A restaurant greeter method includes storing a plurality of greeting messages in memory of a greeter, associating at least one greeting message with a specific time of day, playing the at least one greeting message from the memory of the greeter upon detection of an individual at the specific time of day, and playing a different message if an individual is detected and the time is not at the specific time of day. Messages and other data can be downloaded from a remote server or loaded at the greeter. The greeter can be interrupted by a base station. Each of the messages can be temporally assigned. In an example, a bypass circuit selectively connects the greeter intermediate to the menu post and the base station.