Patent · US Expired

Telephone indicator system and method

US6711257B1 · kind B1 · utility

5Cited by

2References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Steven P. Vassallo · Palo Alto, US
Steven Ryutaro Takayama · Atherton, US
Jonathan Kaplan · San Francisco, US
Rudy Lucas Samuels · Mill Valley, US
Heather Andrus · Winthrop, US
Jochen Backs · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 1999
Grant date	Mar 23, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/82
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone indicator system includes a telephone having a base and a handset. The telephone includes a cradle disposed on the base configured to receive the handset. The system also includes an indicator disposed on an least two elevated surfaces of the telephone to notify a user of a telephone message. The indicator may be disposed on at least two elevated surfaces of the handset. The system may also include another indicator disposed in the cradle of the telephone to notify the user of another telephone message while the handset is in use.

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