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Telephone communication system having a locator

Patent 5515426 Issued on May 7, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 5, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Assignee

Application

No. 369184 filed on 01/05/1995

US Classes:

379/201.07, Called party250/338.1, Infrared responsive379/88.01, Voice activation or recognition379/142.06, Matching and retrieving stored caller ID information from a database379/198, PBX379/201.08, Calling party379/201.09, Object379/207.11, Service access code379/209.01, Repetitive call attempts (e.g., camp-on-busy, retry)379/210.01, Reserved call (e.g., return call, call back, scheduled call, reestablished call)379/210.02, Call blocking379/216.01, Abbreviated dialing or direct call (e.g., hot line)379/903, PASSWORD379/913, PERSON LOCATOR OR PERSON-SPECIFIC379/914, PROGRAMMABLE TELEPHONE COMPONENT455/73, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER AT SAME STATION (E.G., TRANSCEIVER)455/456.5At system equipment (i.e., base station)

Examiners

Primary: Hofsass, Jeffery
Assistant: Wolinsky, Scott

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0356125 EP. 02/13/1990
  • 505627A2 EP. 09/13/1992
  • 2230365 GB. 10/13/1990

International Class

H04M 003/42

Abstract

A telephone communication system having a locator system for locating telephone users and generating location information. The telephone communication system includes a plurality of telephone functions which are user accessible for usage in conjunction with the location information. Each telephone of the system may be configured to facilitate interactive control and selection of the system features by the users.

Other References

  • INFRA-COM.RTM. "A Staff and Equipment Locating and Signaling System from United Identification Systems Corp.", Pamphlet
  • INFRARED LOCATOR, Great New Product, TELECONNECT, Feb., 1986
  • The Computer for the 21st Century by Mark Weiser, Scientific American, Sep. 1991
  • Microsoft Press.RTM., Computer Dictionary, Second Edition, The Comprehensive Standard For Business, School, Library, and Hom
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