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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4653043 | Pre-cutover verification of switching system subscriber lines served via digital carrier facilities A test arrangement and method for use prior to the replacement of a first switching system serving a plurality of subscriber lines via a digital carrier facility and via a remote terminal, by a second switching system, where facility interface equipment o... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4653085 | Telephone switching system adjunct call processing arrangement The adjunct call processing arrangement of our invention eliminates the separation between hard-wired telephone switching system computer facilities and customer owned switchably connectable computer facilities. A general purpose communication interface i... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4641301 | Telecommunication switching system and priority arrangement used therein A telecommunication switching system includes a number of control circuits each of which is common to a plurality of line circuits and is coupled through time division multiplex links with two processor controlled interface circuits which are further coup... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4641299 | Mechanized loop testing using a local metallic access port In a telephone local exchange system where loops are connected to a remote switch which in turn homes on a host switch via a carrier system and where the distance between the ends of the loops and the host switch exceeds a threshold, the loops may be test... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4621358 | Remote switch for telephony switching system A telephone switching network including a remote line switch that couples digital voice signals from a plurality of subscriber lines onto a lesser number of communications links connected to a central office. The remote line switch also includes an intra-... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4602363 | Expansion apparatus for use in communication systems In order to expand or increase the number of lines of a communications system, this disclosure enables connection of one PBX switching system to another by connecting the switching networks to junctors which establish a multichannel transmission link betw... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4592045 | Circuit for the subscriber termination in an integrated services digital network A circuit for the subscriber termination in an integrated services digital network (ISDN) to which a number of individual terminals are connected by respective S-interfaces, or by S-interface busses respectively combining a number of terminals into a comm... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4584680 | Use of a tone bus to provide polling and data distribution apparatus for communication system terminal groups A combined telecommunications and data communications system includes a digital switching network for allowing connections between one or more of a plurality of ports. The system described includes a tone module at one port which module includes a tone bu... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583215 | Telephone line access system for main distribution frame A system for accessing telephone lines at a main distribution frame includes an access block positioned between a vertical input terminal block and protector modules of the distribution frame. The access block has a set of terminals which make direct conn... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574373 | Digital multiplex device The invention relates to a digital multiplex device for branching a digital information stream. In relatively small individual telephone networks using digital transmission techniques and comprising a few intermediate stations and terminal stations, a nee... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4573151 | Interface unit for telephone system having remote units A telephony network for selectively transmitting voice and supervisory information among a plurality of subscriber lines. The network includes a central office including a switch and a plurality of remote modules each of which connects to several subscrib... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4551832 | Telephone based control system A telephone based control system comprises a central control console, a digital time division multiplexed (TDM) telephone system incuding a PBX matrix switch with signal ports adapted for direct connection to PBX primary port telset devices and to the cen... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4550404 | Switching system having remote switching capability An arrangement comprising a host switching system and a number of remote switching modules which are directly interconnected such that voice and data traffic as well as control information can be conveyed between modules without being routed through the h... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4546470 | Communications systems A device for use in an intermediate station of a radio-relay communications system comprises a package consisting of a trunk switch, a multiplexer, and a demultiplexer. The switch (48) has three TDM inputs, one of which is connected to the output of the m... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4524440 | Fast circuit switching system A fast circuit switching system that establishes a circuit for each packet-sized data communication. Information is conveyed from a number of communications modules in source channels to a number of port controllers and to a network. Information is convey... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523308 | Telephone concentrator switch arrangement A line switch including a concentrator arrangement for coupling telephone calls between a plurality of subscriber lines and a plurality of port group highways to a central office switching network in a telephony system. The analog voice signals are first ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4521879 | Digital private branch exchange A digital private automatic branch exchange provides a plurality of ports which may comprise line trunks or operator circuits, the ports being grouped with each group being controlled by an individual microprocessor circuit which performs all real time co... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4513414 | Clocking arrangement for telephone switching system A line switch for a digital telephone switching system utilizes distributed processing. The line switch comprises one or more switch modules. Each switch module is coupled to a central office switching system via one or more PCM lines which utilize common... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4510596 | Time slot assignment facilities A PCM switching system requires the assignment of either one or two time slots of a pair of time slots to a port circuit depending upon the type of service (voice only or voice plus data) each port circuit provides. Common resources normally assign a pair... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4509167 | Data conference arrangement An arrangement for conferencing a plurality of data terminals via a data conference bridge. The bridge includes apparatus for negotiating a common set of communication parameters when data terminals having differing capabilities are connected to the same ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4489310 | Time slot-controlling circuit for keyboard switch module, and apparatus incorporating same A time slot-controlling circuit (14, 14'), applicable for use with diverse types of keyboard-operated utilization devices or apparatus (18, 97, 98), such as in a pushbutton telephone (90), allows all (or pre-selected) keyboard-mounted key switches (24a-n,... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4455645 | Back-up control system implemented with a redundancy scheme for protection against failure A back-up control system of a redundancy configuration suited to be used for a time division switching network. The control system includes connecting paths extending from each of the load supply devices, the paths being classified into an active connecti... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4455647 | Apparatus for establishing multi-address connections A digital data telecommunications system comprises a central switching system and a plurality of line terminators each connecting the switching system to a pair of incoming and outgoing lines and each designed to convert serial data transmitted along the ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4442502 | Digital information switching system A digital information switching system features modular design with dispersed processing in which data is switched locally in one of a plurality of remote switching units for connection between local terminals, and data to be exchanged between terminals c... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4434485 | Drop and insert channel bank with reduced channel units A drop and insert channel bank is provided for receiving data from and inserting data onto a multichannel digital transmission line, such as a microwave radio link, between end terminals. The channel bank has a plurality of single channel units which shar... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4424421 | Apparatus for testing subscriber carrier systems A telephone subscriber testing system is disclosed in which all tests may be performed from a central office. A central office test device is connected to the central office by a separate telephone line with a telephone number of its own. Moreover, a dedi... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4388715 | Alarm preprocessor logic An alarm preprocessing logic system for use in a computer controlled digital switching exchange including a central computer, the alarm preprocessing logic system comprising defence modules each allotted to a respective portion of the exchange for detecti... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4380766 | Multi-channel amplifier apparatus A multi-channel amplifier apparatus for oscillation or pulse packets wherein there is provided an amplifier having an input connected by a number of input time-delay lines with a respective input channel, each of which is correlated to an oscillation or p... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4370561 | Vehicle multiplex system A vehicle multiplex system includes a power conductor for conveying electrical power to power-operated units on the vehicle, and a single signal conductor for controlling the connections of power to power-operated units. A multiplex timing unit applys a t... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4339815 | Multiplex connection unit for use in a time-division exchange A multiplex connection unit for use in a time-division exchange comprising identical connection modules and a control interface connected to the control units of the exchange. A module comprises transcoders, synchronizing units (one per transcoder), a tra... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4320497 | Method for testing communication paths A method for testing communication paths of an electronic exchange which has at least one pair of time-sharing communication highways and in which a plurality of port circuits are connected to one another in time-sharing fashion through the first and seco... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4276640 | Noise tolerant multiplex system A noise tolerant time division multiplex system including a transmitter and receiver, each constructed as a monolithic integrated circuit and interconnected by a serial data wire. Data as well as power is supplied to the transmitter from a plurality of pa... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4270203 | Timing adjustment circuit for digital switching A slip-free timing adjustment system adjusts channel timing for a multiplexed digital data stream. The data stream in each of c time division channels (10, 11) is modified preparatory to switching in a digital time-division circuit switch (14). The multip... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4266097 | Device control system The disclosed energy control system employs the serving electronic stored program PBX to regulate the operation of energy consuming devices located throughout a hotel/motel or office building in accordance with one or more modes of operation as offered by... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4256926 | Microprocessor control complex for a telecommunication switching system A microprocessor control complex for a telecommunications switching system disclosed in the context of a digital time division multiplex switching system. The control complex is arranged as a cluster of hardware identical microprocessors in a distributed ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4196358 | Analog multiplexer An analog multiplexer connected to a plurality of input terminals selectively samples the input terminals in response to signals from a controller. The multiplexer includes a sample and ramp amplifier circuit for supplying the selected analog input to des... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4190740 | Circuit arrangement for receiving and transmitting switching data in telecommunication exchanges A circuit arrangement is described for the reception and transmission of switching data associated with communication signals being transmitted to or from an exchange in a telecommunication system. In the system the signals are transmitted between exchang... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4156110 | Data verifier A data verifier for verifying the operation of a multiplexing system. The data verifier generates test information as an input to the multiplexing system. The multiplexing system processes the test information in the same manner as normal data. The data v... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4130736 | Telecommunication system with keyboard selection A terminal of a radio link or other two-way channel incapable of transmitting d-c signals, extending to a remote exchange, serves a multiplicity of local subscribers having keyboard-equipped telephone sets generating multifrequency selection signals accom... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4119803 | Control unit for a time-division telecommunications exchange In an existing time division exchange system the known switching network and connection units are retained, but the control of these units is taken over by a pair of new control units which replace a collection of previous units such as multi-registers, m... | 10/10/1978 |
