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Key telephone exclusion circuit

US4266103A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 26, 1979
Grant dateMay 5, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 26, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/002
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exclusion circuit for use in a key telephone providing an exclusion release feature. Key telephones are excluded or prevented from accessing a busy line by the exclusion circuit. The exclusion release feature, in a key telephone connected to a telephone line, is operated in response to operation of an exclusion release key or partial operation of a hold key, to allow an associated excluded key telephone to connect to a busy telephone line.

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