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"That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?"
President Rutherford B. Hayes ; Said in 1876, after Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to him at the White House
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5661784 | Method for operating an automatic ordering system in communication switching exchanges A voice-recognition unit is interfaced with the connection to an ordering server provided within a switching exchange. This voice-recognition unit recognizes individual key words from vocal utterances supplied by a user via a calling line unit and activat... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5289538 | Circuit arrangement for signal and information conversion between analog junction lines and digital terminal devices in communications exchanges A circuit arrangement converts signals and information between analog junction lines and digital terminal devices in communications exchanges. A decentralized control device is provided in order to process and pass on switching criteria and codes received... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5012348 | Terminal device for picture communication The invention concerns a terminal device for picture communication, having a picture screen and a video camera for image transmission of the participant and for photographing of documents, drawings, plans, etc., with the video camera capable of being pivo... | 04/30/1991 |