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Post office box monitoring system

US4314102A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 1980
Grant dateFeb 2, 1982
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M11/005
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for detecting the presence of mail in a post office box. A post office box holder calls a telephone number which accesses a computer. The computer contains data representative of the presence or absence of letters in a plurality of post office boxes. If the box to which the caller refers is occupied, a series of tone pulses is transmitted to the caller by a tone generator under the direction of the computer.

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