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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7095824 | Instructive out-of-service telephone lines A method (10, 20) and apparatus (30) enables a customer (47) to distinguish between a dead or broken Internet Protocol telephone line and an out-of-service Internet Protocol telephone line. The method detects (11) a hook status of a devic... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7039685 | Method and apparatus for conducting subscriber's phone testing remotely via the internet An apparatus for and method of remotely controlling electronic devices, such as telecommunication equipment attached to telephone lines, test equipment, and/or home electronics includes a master board (105) having its own IP address and arranged and construct... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6961420 | Apparatus and method for recording incoming call information A method for interrelating call information between programs of a data processing device. Call information including a caller's name, phone number, the date of the call, start time of the call, finish time of the call, the call duration, and the type of call, may be... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6934382 | Method for recognizing an off-hook condition on a single subscriber line with two terminal devices The invention is directed to a method for recognizing, in a system having a first terminal device and a second terminal device connected to a two-wire subscriber line, an off-hook condition of the second terminal device (2; 3) at the two-wire subscriber line ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6879686 | Line take-up detection circuit An interface circuit including a galvanic isolation barrier between a transmission line and a user equipment, and a detector for detecting, independently from a transmission, the idle or busy state of the line. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868156 | Non-voice signal repeater for speech coders A method of repeating a non-voice signal such as a dual tone, multiple frequency (DTMF) signal, by inserting a delay sequence of data values into an output data sequence of data values, a portion of the output data sequence following the delay sequence being the sam... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6621905 | Earphone support The present invention earphone support comprises a pair of curved ear contact supports, each held substantially rigidly apart from and attached to a slideable axis, thereby forming two slideable axes that meet and form an angled set of slideable axes. The... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6449360 | Cleaning method for telephone number list and system implemented therefor A cleaning system retrieves a telephone number from a telephone number list to regard as a called party number and sends a SETUP message to the network, in which a SPEECH or an AUDIO is designated as a bearer capability. In case that an ALERTING or CONNEC... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393123 | Method and modem circuit for determining connection status of a phone line A circuit for determining connection status of a phone line shared by multiple telecommunications devices, such as modems and phones, is provided. The phone line includes respective tip and ring lines. The circuit comprises a first transistor stage couple... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6358519 | Germ-resistant communication and data transfer/entry products Articles and a method related to use of a biocide (e.g., triclosan) incorporated into communication and data transfer/entry products in order to provide cleaner, fresher and more hygienic surfaces by controlling a broad range of gram-positive and gram-neg... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6201854 | System and method for telephone number verification and identification A testing environment and a method for telephone number identification and/or verification. The testing environment and method of the present invention analyzes incoming analog signals of a telephone call being made to the tested line as the receiving par... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173040 | Telephone line state detecting device A telephone line state detecting device that is connectedly provided with a hardware detecting circuit when a telephone line is connected to a modem. The hardware detecting circuit is connected to a processing unit such that, in use, the hardware detectin... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5825852 | Multisensing circuitry for class signals and stutter dial tone in visual message waiting indicator A VMWI (Visual Message Waiting Indicator) multisense detection device solves both the problem of long CLASS VMWI signal retransmission delays and unreliable CLASS VMWI signal transmission by simultaneously enabling both stutter dial tone detection and CLA... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5812658 | Method and circuit for failsafe switch-hook detection during fault in a telephone system A circuit and method for maintaining switch-hook detection (SHD) in the presence of a fault in a telephone system may include a comparison of one of a tip current and a ring current to a reference current. A switch-hook detection indicates that a request ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5805687 | Subscriber equipment muting method and apparatus An apparatus for muting communications subscriber equipment connected to a communications line includes a monitoring circuit for monitoring electrical conditions of the communications line, when the subscriber equipment is connected thereto. A disconnecti... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5796816 | Device and method for cleaning telephone number list A cleaning system retrieves a telephone number from a telephone number list to regard as a called party number and sends a SETUP message to the network, in which an unrestricted digital information is designated as a bearer capability. In case that an ALE... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5636267 | Cleaning system for telephone number list A cleaning system for a telephone number list is capable of automatically perform deleting process for null telephone number and updating process for re-writing telephone number list. The cleaning system includes calling portion for transmitting a dialing... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5592529 | Telephone inadvertent off-hook condition detector An inadvertent-off-hook-condition detecting apparatus for use with a telephone connected to a telephone system is described. The telephone has a hookswitch which connects the voice network of the telephone system across the input lines to the telephone wh... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5521974 | Line in-use indicator for a telephone set and facsimile machine connected to a single telephone line A facsimile apparatus and a telephone set are connected to one telephone line in parallel with each other. A voltage variation ƊV caused by closing and opening of a DC circuit of the telephone set is detected via an off-hook detector of the facsimile app... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5428670 | Communications marketing system A marketing system for selectively modifying an existing communications network by modifying a portion of the processing software permits replacing at least a portion of a call progress signal generated by the communications network by a generally continu... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5355407 | Phone busy circuit A switching circuit places a load across the TIP and RING signals of a telephone line when the computer is reset and removes the load when the computer accesses a selected memory location. Thus, the telephone line remains in an off-hook state after the co... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5321740 | Telephone marketing system A marketing system selectively modifies an existing telephone network by modifying a portion of the call processing software of the existing telephone network and by replacing at least a portion of an audible call progress signal generated by the telephon... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5251256 | Independent hysteresis apparatus for tone detection To detect tones for call progress monitoring, hysteresis apparatus is provided whereby the output of a typical tone detector such as a comparator operating in conjunction with a selective filter is monitored by a counter. The counter is incremented and de... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5083308 | Arrangement for determining switch port status at an adjunct processor An arrangement that enables an adjunct processor to determine the service status of switching system communication ports to which the adjunct processor is connected, without reliance on switch-to-adjunct status-conveying messages. In-service and idle ones... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5065424 | Apparatus for servicing telephones from a remote location A remote control telephone service apparatus, for connection into a telephone line between a customer's telephone and a telephone switching central office main distribution frame. One or two selected code numbers are manually input into the apparatus. Lat... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4817137 | Apparatus for remotely determining hook status conditions An apparatus for effectively monitoring the hook status of a remotely stationed telephone, and a sub-audible tone associated with a corresponding alarm reporting device, monitors variations in impedance in the subscriber loop, preferably from the central ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4792969 | Line condition data collecting system for a telephone exchange A line condition data collecting system for a telephone exchange includes an image memory in a central processing unit which stores line condition data to reduce the amount of time the central controller in the central processing unit waits for the line c... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4647723 | Circuit for detection of off-hook condition of extension telephones A solid state circuit designed to be incorporated into a telephone terminal instrument to provide a visual indication at that instrument that a telephone line to which the instrument is connected is already in use by another telephone instrument.... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4629832 | Communication system administration method and circuitry The present administration arrangement disables any idle system apparatus which would be affected by the administration changes being made. In the station administration mode once the selected station is idle it is held in a forced idle state until admini... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4528664 | Call progress signal monitor and method for telephone systems A call progress signal monitor includes a translation circuit for generating data signals indicative of predetermined signal characteristics in a TDM PCM signal channel. A processor implemented detection circuit is responsive to the data signals for detec... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4476557 | Duplex signaling circuit A duplex signaling circuit for signaling with respect to a line circuit includes a resistance bridge hybrid (22, 27, 28, 32) having a modified resistance makeup to reduce power consumption and improve longitudinal current immunity without altering conjuga... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4320260 | Circuit arrangement for determining the connection condition of a subscriber line in a telecommunications network A circuit arrangement for determining the connection condition of a plurality of subscriber lines in a telecommunication network, each of the subscriber lines having two wires extending between a subscriber station and a subscriber line interface circuit ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4320259 | Electronic selector for telecommunications switching An improved telephone system selector unit employing an electronic control arrangement is capable of directly replacing or being added on to existing electro-mechanical switching arrangements of the Strowger or other types which position themselves direct... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4291200 | Voice and data switching arrangement A communication arrangement is disclosed which enables data calls between data terminals and a computer over a telephone network without significantly increasing the call blocking probability of the telephone network. When a data call, consisting of sever... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4270024 | Telephone line activity monitor A portable line activity monitor is disclosed which utilizes a dedicated computer to tabulate a wide range of line traffic parameters. Preferably this monitor is used with a bridging adapter which accepts standard 50 pin telephone connectors as inputs in ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4201896 | Telephone polling apparatus using a plurality of timers to detect the line conditions A telephone polling apparatus uses an energy detection device in cooperation with timing elements to provide discrimination between various conditions on the telephone line. These conditions are (1) a busy condition, (2) an answer condition, which can occ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4166929 | Interoffice callback arrangement A telephone switching system is disclosed with facilities for processing interoffice callback information over a common channel interoffice signaling system (4) between program controlled call processors (21, 34) in call originating and terminating office... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4150257 | Communication system call coverage arrangements Call coverage problems are solved in a telephone communication system by arranging the system on a station orientation basis so that any call directed to a station on any line appearance at that station will be covered by a single button on any one of a n... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4146752 | Seizing current delay circuit for the test switching means of a telecommunication switching system A switching arrangement for a telecommunication switching system having test and seizing circuits is disclosed in which test switching means for bounce-free contact operation require a seizing current rise delayed by switching means in the seizing circuit... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4140879 | Control circuit for transfer of auxiliary telephone equipment This circuit utilizes the customer's own tip and ring lines to allow the customer selectively to transfer incoming calls from a primary equipment location (e.g. a primary telephone) to an auxiliary equipment location (e.g. answering bureau). A manually op... | 02/20/1979 |
