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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7071845 | Control unit with variable visual indicator A system for controlling an apparatus (11, 21, 31), which system comprises a control unit (13, 23, 33) adapted to transfer control signals to the apparatus dependent on the control data. Said control unit comprises data input means (14, 24, 34, 44 | 07/04/2006 |
| 6912280 | Keypad device A keypad device for a mobile telephone or other device utilizing a keypad or keyboard is comprised of a flexible substrate and a keypad cover. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of keys affixed to the surface as well as a plurality first conductive strips a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5235635 | Keypad monitor with keypad activity-based activation A keypad monitor which monitors the condition of a plurality of switches of a keypad is activated in response to receiving clock signals from an external clock source and is deactivated in the absence of the clock signals. The keypad monitor includes a ke... | 08/10/1993 |
| 4800585 | Saturating bipolar switch circuit for telephone dial pulsing A digital telephone set dial pulsing circuit in which the line current switching element is a bipolar transistor. To keep such switching transistor constantly in the saturated state irrespective of the magnitude of the line current, its base is driven by ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4567329 | Line circuit for network junctor The present invention relates to a line circuit for network line junctor and more particularly to a dialling device. The dialling device according to the invention presents a high impedance for the direct current, the direct current being regulated about ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4562309 | Telephone circuit controlled by a 2 wire - 4 wire transmission integrated circuit microprocessor with line current emergency supply The telephone circuit of the invention comprises a transmission circuit short-circuited during decimal numbering by an active circuit when the handset is lifted or during the emission of a decimal numbering digit, the line current supplying, through a vol... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4555597 | Transient resistant key operated pulse generating calling device circuit A protective circuit consisting of two diodes which functions along with other external circuit elements to provide protection against transients for an integrated circuit utilized to generate dial pulses in an electronic telephone circuit. By means of in... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4511764 | Telephonic display device The display device for a telephone set is designed to be capable of storing in advance the telephone number, person's name, company name, etc. of any desired (one or more) party (subscriber) through the numeric data input means and character data input me... | 04/16/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4413159 | Dial pulsing circuit In order to provide push-button telephone service to those telephone systems not equipped to respond to multifrequency dialing signals, it is necessary to convert push-button dialed digits into conventional dial pulses. A pulse train consisting of make an... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4403116 | Telephone apparatus The body for a telephone unit is designed to permit easy removal for maintenance and for initial assembly. The escutcheon plate which is a close fit to the dial is fitted in an oval hole which allows it to move on the body to clear the dial on removal of ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4392024 | Electronic key telephone set circuit for permitting dialing during failure of commercial power supplied to the set An electronic key telephone set in an electronic key telephone system which is connected to the office line during the power failure by a power failure detecting relay in the key service unit having a common selection signal sender is provided with a circ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390753 | Line interruption arrangement Telephone subscriber's line interruption arrangement comprising a series arrangement of a semiconductor interrupter contact and a control circuit connected between a first line terminal and a second line terminal, in which a subscriber's line can be conne... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4374308 | I-Use indication in a telephone keyset A telephone keyset is disclosed which has a dialpad of dialing keys, a series of line keys, at least one function key and a telephone receiver hook switch. Each of the line keys is provided with a lamp, such as an LED, for indicating when the telephone li... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4352959 | Device for visual display of telephone operation symbols In accordance with the invention there is provided a display device for visual display of telephone operation symbols in telecommunication apparatus which includes, for example, a key-dialing block. The device has a display element incorporated in a key-d... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4349701 | Television receiver with two-way telephone conversation and dial-out capabilities A televison receiver is disclosed comprising a cabinet which houses a television system having telephone network access means. The television receiver provides both for presentation of television programs and for dialing out and conversing through the tal... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4339632 | Button illumination for repertory dialer with low battery voltage indication A display illuminating circuit for a repertory dialer telephone set allows for a subscriber to operate a desired repertory button in low ambient light emergency situations. The circuit illuminates the desired buttons by distinguishable colors of light-emi... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4335280 | Telephone construction A casing contains the operative portion of a telephone including a speaker adjacent one end and a microphone adjacent the other. The dialing mechanism includes a conventional rotary assembly actuated by a longitudinally extending slider bar mounted in the... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4329546 | Interface unit for pushbutton selector An interface unit inserted between a subscriber line of a telecommunication system and a generator of dial pulses, including a signal converter associated with a pushbutton selector and a memory for the temporary storage of selected digits, comprises a re... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4324954 | Dialing circuits and methods for electronic telephone sets A dialing circuit (10) for an electronic telephone set including a microcomputer (40) having an RAM with two or more memory sections (I and II), each capable of storing data signals representing a telephone number. As the numbers are dialed by operation o... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4313037 | Telephone station set with improved flash signalling An improved telephone station set for use with a switching system which senses flashing is disclosed. A separate flash key is included on the set. Depression of the flash key causes decoupling of the set for a predetermined time which corresponds to the f... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4278845 | Telephone index for automatic dialing The invention relates to an improved telephone index for automatic dialing specially designed for use with a multi-purpose telephone set with microprocess apparatus. A card-selecting hook may be positioned so as to select a classified index card having th... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4277651 | Telephone dialer The present invention provides both repertory and abbreviated dialing functions in a telephone dialer that facilitates telephone dialing operation. In particular, by pressing an enablng key the system is enabled for automatic dialing operation to dial a d... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4267409 | Keyboard decade digital dial A decade digital telephone dial which is controlled by means of a keyboard is positioned in place of a conventional rotary dial in a standard telephone unit. An electronic circuit is provided for converting the information keyed into the telephone unit by... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4266102 | Automatic dialing device The present invention discloses an automatic telephone dialling device which is able to read a telephone number encoded on a business card, credit card, or similar flat object, store the number in a memory, and generate telephone dialling pulses in accord... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4233475 | Telephone station with automatic switch-over between pulse code dialling and multifrequency code dialling A keyboard type telephone station connected to a telephone subscriber's line comprises a dial pulse train generator and a dialling multifrequency signal generator. The telephone station includes a control unit connected to at least one current threshold d... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4199666 | Straight line telephone dialer A straight line dialing mechanism for a telephone employs a movable plate having finger tip accommodating apertures. Initial movement of the plate to an index position causes a spline on the plate to close a switch that short circuits the telephone receiv... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4195207 | Telephone push button switch assembly having sequential operated contact structure A slide included in the push button set of a telephone instrument reciprocable to actuate a number of contact devices in the set. Each contact device comprises a pair of movable contact arms associated with fixed contacts. The slide is disposed between tw... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4186279 | Stored program telephone dialer A device for use with a telephone transceiver to automatically generate any one of N stored dialing codes employs N digital phone number storage registers, and a set of N/2 pushbuttons. A display panel having N display areas on which the stored numbers ma... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4178487 | Switch selector and actuator Disclosed is a switch selector and actuator for use with a telephone repertory dialer and the like where a plurality of contacts are arranged in a row. A rail member is mounted in close proximity to the row of switch contacts and is yieldably biased away ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4081623 | Sight operated telephone and machine controller A machine and telephone controller for complex machine functions which is operated by simply looking at it and winking the eye in a preset code. Photocell and electronic logic circuitry stop a sequencing digital display at the desired numerals and activat... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4081619 | Switching arrangement for telecommunication subscriber stations using key-operated selection units A switching arrangement by which a telecommunication subscriber station selection unit is connected into the central office line is described. The selection unit involved is of the key-operated type wherein key actuation produces a specific surge current ... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4046971 | Switching arrangement for telephone subsets using impulse-type pushbutton calling A switching arrangement for telephone subsets having key-controlled selection units is described. The selection unit has three connection points and is replaceable. It includes a pulsing relay responsive to a pulse generator actuated by the selection keys... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4042792 | Telephone subscriber's apparatus for signalling decimal digit values represented in printed form Pushbutton telephone subscriber's apparatus in which there is provided a light pen arrangement for reading printed bar-code patterns representing series of decimal digit values, such as telephone numbers, and for converting the signal voltages obtained fr... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4033030 | Method of manufacturing keyswitch assemblies A keyswitch assembly including a circuit board having a plurality of circuits, each circuit terminating with a pair of first and second contacts, and a curved, resilient contact plate associated with each pair of contacts having at least a portion of its ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032722 | Telephone dialing arrangement for calling a single party Apparatus including a telephone instrument for connection to a public telephone system has provision for a call connection to be set up through the system to just a single party upon operation of a single push-button. A plurality of electric switches are ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4029908 | Repertory dialer logic For use in a telephone repertory dialer in which telephone number data is stored on a magnetic recording surface, logic circuitry for entry of telephone number data onto the recording surface or for readout of data from the recording surface for dialing o... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4012601 | Automatic pushbutton dial assembly for a subscriber telephone An automatic dial for a subscriber telephone utilizes a keyboard array to enter coded information into an integrated circuit digit processor. The digit processor includes a programmed ROM for storing an instruction set to control the operation of the dial... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4011414 | Automatic dial system for a subscriber telephone An automatic dial system for a subscriber telephone utilizes a keyboard array to enter coded information into an integrated circuit digit processor. The digit processor includes a programmed ROM for storing an instruction set to control the operation of t... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4000363 | Arrangement for the production of selection pulses in teleprinters A teleprinting apparatus which eliminates a dial switch for connection to a remote subscriber and which substitutes a circuit arrangement which utilizes the keyboard through a coding system to generate pulse trains for connection to the remote subscriber.... | 12/28/1976 |
