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Telephone station account number dialing device and method

US5717740A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1995
Grant dateFeb 10, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/271
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an account number dialing device for a telephone station for calling a remote party by dialing an account number and a telephone number in response to a plurality of inputs received from a user. The account number dialing device includes a user interface device, a directory memory and a controller. The controller is coupled to the directory memory and the user interface device. The controller forms a number using a plurality of numbers fetched from the directory memory in response to the plurality of inputs received from the user through the user interface device and files the number. Each of the plurality of numbers is fetched from the directory memory in response to one of the plurality of inputs from the user.

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