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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald W McLaughlin, Naperville, IL (US);
Gerald F Fetterer, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Assignee:
GTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated, Northlake, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 / ;
Abstract
An improved conference technique whereby a number of channels in a telephone switching system employing pulse code modulation for transmission purposes are combined so that a number of subscribers may participate in a common telephone conversation. The conference circuit is provided with a continuous threshold to pass the primary signal and to exclude the reflection. It is only used in the selection process, and for conditions which do not provide the threshold being met, the previous speaker is retained.