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Data transmission over the public switched network

US4796292A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1987
Grant dateJan 3, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/0016
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A credit card authorization network which, among other advantages, allows telephone charges to be reduced. A credit card company, operating as an Interexchange Customer, provides trunk-protocol executing modems at a Feature Group B access facility. The modems are interfaced to the trunks, on a T1 digital link, by adapting FXS channel bank cards with a ground start option to translate between E&M signaling and ground start loop signaling.

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