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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6539083 | Inductive coin validation system and payphone using such system A coin validation arrangement, usable for example in pay telephones, uses one or more inductive sensors having a small effective magnetic field so that the inductive sensor responds only to the material of a strip across the coin. Preferably a plurality o... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6304643 | Pay phone deposit method for limiting overpayment by a customer A method for limiting overpayment at a coin-operated telephone is disclosed. According to the method, a customer may initiate a call by first depositing a plurality of coins and then dialing the desired number. Once the number is dialed, the phone obtains... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5787158 | Smart bucket Apparatuses and methods immediately alert a telephone company or other owner/host or operator of a payphone that a vandalizing stuffing has occurred, thereby enabling it or him or her promptly to dispatch a maintenance person to the particular payphone or... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5621788 | Electrical wallbox for telephone devices A recessed wall unit to accommodate a telephone, cordless telephone and/or an answering machine. The box for telephone devices of this invention consists of a generally rectangular box with an electrical outlet and a telephone jack internally mounted with... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5084613 | Electronic circuit for telephone paystation coin operated trigger A circuit operated in response to deposit of a coin through a trigger switch to selectively operate one of a plurality of signal generators. When coins are deposited through said coin trigger switch, blocking light from a light source to a light detection... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4955052 | Pay phone system and apparatus The pay phone apparatus of this invention includes a multiplicity of pay phones; a central switching board including a central switching device for each pay phone; and, a pair of telephone lines connecting each pay phone and its related switching device. ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4625276 | Data logging and transfer system using portable and resident units A system for transferring electronic funds data includes portable modules (20) each having a display (24) and a keyboard (26) together with an optical interface (36) adapted to transfer electronic funds data to other modules either directly or over the te... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4208549 | Coin surveillance apparatus This invention relates to a coin surveillance apparatus that will monitor the amount of money deposited in a pay telephone, vending machine or the like. The apparatus is comprised of two basic units, the first being a monitoring unit positioned within the... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4198545 | Automatic call timing telephone apparatus Improved control apparatus for a pay station is provided that automatically determines the applicable tariff rate and the purchased call time as coins are deposited in accordance with the pay station identification and the phone number of the called party... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4105867 | Control circuit for pay telephones and the like A control circuit for a pay phone including a coin unit where money is deposited and validated, an entry circuit having a first input connected to the coin unit for entry of amounts deposited, a second input to the entry circuit for communicating thereto ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4031324 | Automated coin arrangement providing interference free coin deposit detection during announcements A system is disclosed for serving coin telephone calls on a wholly automatic basis without any operator intervention normally being required either for notifying the calling party of the required deposits or for monitoring the collection of coins deposite... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4028494 | Escrow telephone coin collection circuit and method The speech path in an escrow coin telephone system wherein coins may be deposited throughout the talking state is maintained free of potentially disruptive coin collection signals. After the serving switching office has calculated the rate for the particu... | 06/07/1977 |
