Patent · US Expired

Interactive graphic payphone

US6163598A · kind A · utility

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54Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 1997
Grant dateDec 19, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/32
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites. The apparatus includes a graphical content server and a plurality of graphical display telephones. The graphical content server includes a processor for creating graphical content files defining graphical information to be displayed at the plurality of sites and a transmitter for transmitting the graphical content files to respective graphical display telephones at the plurality of sites. Each graphical display telephone includes a receiver for receiving graphical data from the graphical content server, memory for storing the graphical data in a display buffer in the telephone and a graphical display for displaying the graphical data stored in the display buffer.

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