Active Voice patent challenged.(Nasdaq: ACVC ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capability ACVC Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference ACVC Arms Control Verification Committee ACVC Army Commercial Vehicle Code ACVC Air-Cooled Vault Concept ), a world leader in PC-based voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. systems and computer-telephone integration (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ), today announced that a request for reexamination re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. has been placed in the Patent Office for Active Voice's stutter stut·ter n. A phonatory or articulatory disorder characterized by difficult enunciation of words with frequent halting and repetition of the initial consonant or syllable. v. To utter with spasmodic repetition or prolongation of sounds. detect patent number 5,327,493. The patent, granted July 5, 1994, covers various claims for visual message waiting devices that detect and identify call progress tones on telephone lines. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Chairman Robert L. Richmond said, "We recently learned that someone has filed to have our stutter detect patent revisited. This challenge concerns some but not all of the major claims of the patent. We intend to vigorously defend this patent as we would any of the company's intellectual property. We can expect challenges to this and any patent as potential licensees maneuver to avoid royalty payments. In any case, our business forecasts do not include the receipts of royalty payments from this or any other patent." Active Voice has more than 30,000 installations in virtually every type of business in 52 nations worldwide. The Seattle-based corporation has offices in Canada, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, China and Australia. Active Voice products are sold through a global network of independent telecommunications dealers and computer resellers. CONTACT: Active Voice Corp., Seattle Diane M. Williams, 206/441-4700, x132 e-mail: dwilliams@avoice.com NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between dwilliams and avoice.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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