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Method for prompting at a digital telephone station

US4776002A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1987
Grant dateOct 4, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/22
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method for user prompting at a digital telephone station, comprising a twelve-key keyboard for subscriber selection and further keys, here eight, for subscriber services, and comprising a display for written or oral messages deposited in a mailbox assigned to the telephone station an a one-line or multi-line display, and whereby at least a portion of the keys can be represented on a touch sensitive liquid crystal surface in the form of pictograms.

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