Patent · US Expired

Telephone with function for adding and removing regional numbers from telephone numbers to be dialed

US5894507A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1996
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

A telephone including a telephone number memory for storing telephone numbers; a present regional number unit for storing a present regional number of the telephone itself; a telephone number selection unit for selecting, from the telephone numbers stored in the telephone number memory, a telephone number indicated by a user; a regional number removal unit for removing a regional number portion from the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection unit when the regional number portion matches the present regional number stored in the present regional number memory; and a caller unit for performing calling processes using the telephone number after the telephone number is processed by the regional number removal unit.

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