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Communication apparatus

US5239576A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 1991
Grant dateAug 24, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32728
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Communication equipment in which first and second telephone number data is registered by a single selection key and first and second telephone number data is selected and dialed according to selection key input includes a data communication device and a conversation communication device. A first detector detects the hook state of the conversation communication device and a second detector detects the presence or absence of data. In response to the selection key input to dial the selected telephone number, a controller selects either the first or the second telephone number data according to the operation of the first and second detectors.

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