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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1977
Charles E Nahabedian, Lincroft, NJ (US);
James H VanOrnum, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Tse-Lin Wang, Matawan, NJ (US);
Carl D Weiss, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A communication system call transfer arrangement is disclosed which relies on the establishment of two system access buttons on every telephone served by the system. The system access buttons are operational to originate a call to any station in the system over any idle link. A call on either access line can be added to any other currently active line on the telephone set. The system access buttons at all the stations operate such that an incoming intercom call will terminate on eitherbutton, and calls can be originated from the station by using either button. For call transfer purposes the system access lines are arranged such that when the station passes a call via the access line to another station and then goes on-hook, the system access lines become idle and are available for use by the station even while the transferred call is in progress.