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Dial pulse digit detector

US5218636A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1991
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q1/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for detecting and identifying dial pulse digits in a telephone signal. An embodiment of the inventive method includes the steps of: detecting a dial pulse "0" digit; analyzing the dial pulse "0" digit to determine a predetermined set of data to provide a template which is characteristic of the dial pulse "0" digit; detecting a further dial pulse digit; analyzing the further dial pulse digit to determine a predetermined set of data which is characteristic of the further dial pulse digit; and comparing the predetermined set of data of the further dial pulse digit with the template to identify the further dial pulse digit.

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