Patent · US Expired

Telephone system with peripheral device

US5920806A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
4References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1996
Grant dateJul 6, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/737
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone system includes a base station (2), at least one mobile station (3), and a special peripheral device (6) which is adapted to cooperate with a TV set (4) in a hands-free telephone mode and includes audio signal processing means and means (8) for communicating with the base station by radio. The peripheral device has a cord (9) for connection to the TV set (4) via a SCART connector, for using at least the loudspeaker of the TV set in the hands-free telephone mode, and it further includes a microphone (12) provided with an anti-Larson device, and a detector (13) for receiving infrared signals from a special remote control device (5) capable of controlling both the peripheral device (6) itself and the TV set (4).

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