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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1982
Filed:
May. 30, 1980
Raymond G Taylor, Shreveport, LA (US);
Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A dialing circuit (10) for an electronic telephone set including a microcomputer (40) having an RAM with two or more memory sections (I and II), each capable of storing data signals representing a telephone number. As the numbers are dialed by operation of a conventional pushbutton dial pad (70), the last number dialed (LND) is stored in RAM section I for automatic redial on operation of a redial key included in the dial pad ('LND,' FIGS. 1-2; 'LND-II' FIG. 3). A mechanism is provided for shifting a first LND from RAM section I to RAM section II, either selectively by operating a Save button (S) in FIGS. 1-2 or automatically on dialing a second number in FIG. 3. An additional key ('S/R,' FIGS. 1-2 or 'LND-I,' FIG. 3) is provided for automatically redialing the first LND from RAM section II. The dialing circuits also include single button (F, P) dialing of a few emergency numbers ('Fire,' 'Police,' '911,' etc.). Preferably, the set is powered solely from the central office line current, and a mechanism is provided (C2) for maintaining the validity of the RAM data for an extended period of at least several hours after the set has been placed on hook.