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Telephone answering device with direct telephone line interface

US5606598A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
21References
37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 24, 1992
Grant dateFeb 25, 1997
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/654
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone answering device with a direct telephone line connection eliminates the need for a transformer, optoisolators and relays that are normally used in telephone answering devices to isolate the telephone answering device system from the central office circuit. Isolation is instead achieved directly at the exposed metal points of the system by physical isolation, switched isolation, resistive isolation and dielectric isolation.

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