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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
May. 24, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Henry Bidlack, Boonton, NJ (US);
Wayne Jay Egan, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Steven Gary Miller, Freehold Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 99 ; 179 / ; 179 / ;
Abstract
A key telephone system signal priority arrangement is disclosed wherein each type of call in a key telephone system is assigned a distinctive priority. When a call is directed to a station engaged in an existing lower priority call, a warning tone is given to both parties engaged in this existing call. The existing call is then automatically placed on hold while the preempting call is completed to the called station such that the called station can answer the preempting call 'hands-free'.