Patent · US Expired

Message alert system

US4506115A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1983
Grant dateMar 19, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/537
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lamp is provided on a telephone handset to notify the user that a message is waiting. The lamp is energized by a 1 hertz square wave obtained by demodulating a high frequency carrier sent from a transmitter.

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