Transaction Technology Inc.

Lucilla K Warren

Joseph C Kawan

Robert M Haddock

Leslie C Moss

Lawrence D Weiss

Harvey Marks

Alfred S Samulon

Dilip J Parekh

Morris L Tucci

Jim R Vollmer

Shan Lee

Melvin M Takata

Marjorie Engber

Douglas W Caruthers

Leo Ahlin

Carol A Medine

Kenneth Krieger

Truc Nguyen

Edward Chin

Leslie Roth

Joseph P Randolph

Sarkis A Meguerdijian

Sarkis A Merguidijian

A telephone configures as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer has the overall appearance of a telephone and includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, a programmable gate array (PGA) chip which can be initially programmed and then fixed, and enhanced integrity features. The PGA has the capability of being configured to accommodate various types of software which require different hardware Configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to format the microcomputer to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.

Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly interface and

The present invention relates to a telephone configured as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, and a programmable gate array (PGA) chip and enhanced integrity features, and has the overall appearance of a telephone. The PGA has the capability of being reconfigured to accommodate various types of softwares which require different hardware configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to reconfigure the PGA to format the microcomputer necessary to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.

Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer interface

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Lucilla K Warren