System and apparatus for recording and displaying received information at a remote location

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now to FIG.
1, there is illustrated generally at 10 a system of the present invention for recording and displaying information received over a telephone network and transmitting that information to a packet receiver, indicated generally at 11, positioned at the door entrance to a home or office, shown environmentally in FIG.
1.
A busy business traveler or residential homeowner entering the premises can quickly glance at the display 11a, which can also be scrolled to look at the most pertinent details and messages left on a premises recording unit, indicated generally at 12.
For purposes of clarity, the system is initially described when used with a premises recording unit 12.
However, a premises recording unit is not always desirable, and information, such as temperature or caller ID received from the telephone network can be transmitted to the packet receiver 11 without the necessity of a recording unit.
The transmitter, shown in FIG.
1 and indicated generally at 13, is not a recording unit, but connects directly to the telephone system.
It can be placed on a desk as illustrated in FIG.
1.
The premises recording unit 12 includes a housing 12a enclosing the unit 12, which is connected to an information source such as a telephone network 14 which includes a local office 15, such as by standard telephone connectors.
The unit 12 also connects to premises phone 14a (FIG.
2).
Although the illustrated embodiment shows an outside telephone network, one skilled in the art will realize that the network could be a local or wide area network of various types, including a telephone network.
The premises recording unit 12 is connected to a first communication channel 16, which could be twisted wire pair or other communication system known to those skilled in the art.
As shown in FIGS.
2 and 3, a premises recording system, indicated generally at 18, is mounted within the housing for recording information, telephone messages and prompts are saved along the first communication channel 16