Automatic dialing device
US4266102A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1979 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/278
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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 accordance with the stored memory. In the preferred embodiment, a second memory and a keyboard are provided so that a telephone number may be entered into the second memory via the keyboard, either the card entered telephone number or the keyboard entered telephone number being able to be repeatedly dialled on demand. In addition, a telephone call re-directing apparatus including the automatic telephone dialling apparatus, is disclosed in which an incoming call to an unattended telephone may be redirected via a second telephone to a predetermined telephone number.
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