Patent · US Active

Universal target button

US8457291B1 · kind B1 · utility

0Cited by

5References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Tom Desjardins · Lucas, US
Edward Leonhardt · Erie, US
Henry Yao-Tsu Chen · Woodinville, US
Eric Weeren · Plano, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 2008
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/2472
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed which comprises a status sensitive input related to a programmed telephone number for conveying a control signal to a controller of a telephone to initiate a function; a detector for determining a status of the telephone and conveying the status to the controller of the telephone; wherein the function initiated by the controller is chosen from two or more functions dependent upon the status of the telephone as determined by the detector.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.