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63 lines
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The Web Page You Have Reached
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http://www.twpyhr.com
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Telephone sounds and recordings,
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graphics, text files and more!
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presents...
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Yet Another Telemarketer Revenge Tactic
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by Jennifer Martino
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March 2004
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From: http://www.delphion.com/details?pn10=US04941168
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This invention relates to an automated telephone dialing system, for
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recognizing electronically, whether a called party is a human subject
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or an automated telephone answering device, and for delivery of
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pre-recorded messages in synchronization with the activation of the
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receive function of an automatic answering machine. The determination
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of whether a called party is human or an answering device is made
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based on analysis of the party's response to an audio instruction. The
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system delivers pre-recorded messages to a live party or to an
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automated answering device in the time sequence required or recording
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of the message by the answering device.
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The other night, I pick up the ringing phone to hear prerecorded
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telemarketing spam. I press 2 (Since 1 was the most likely expected
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response) to determine if it was the type that expected a response.
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It responded... not by telling me the response was invalid, not by
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hanging up on me, but by starting the recording over.
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So I recruited Mutex to find a long phone wire, then to use another
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phone to keep the recording on the line while I connected the
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telephone I was using into another jack closer to my computer.
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I set the phone next to my computer speakers, put it on speaker phone,
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used Cool Edit to generate DTMF 2, set Cool Edit to loop the sound,
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and hit play, causing the recording to loop... on their dime.
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I planned on letting it loop all night, but exactly 45 minutes later, the
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call was disconnected.
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Yes, I know about the Do-Not-Call list, but where's the fun in
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that? :-)
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