Patent · US Expired

Terminal device for network system

US5867567A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1996
Grant dateFeb 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/57
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a terminal device for a network system. The terminal device is capable of receiving a predetermined signal representing a predetermined data which is inserted during a silent period between intermittent ringing signals. The terminal device includes a ringing signal detecting circuit and a signal receiving circuit. The signal receiving circuit is commenced to be ready to receive the predetermined signal upon detection of the ringing signal by the ringing signal detecting circuit.

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