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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1989

Filed:

Jan. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:

James Scordato, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Assignee:

Dynascan Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 58 ; 379 67 ; 379 56 ; 379 61 ; 3403111 ;
Abstract

A cordless telephone and an answering machine of the remote-pickup type are provided as an integrated unit having the answering machine and telephone base unit integrated into a common housing. The remote handset contains circuitry for generating a command signal condition at the user's option which will operate the base unit to a 'screening mode' wherein the activity on the telephone lines during the playback and record period is transmitted to the remote unit, but wherein audio pass-through from the base unit radio receiver is disabled. In the preferred form of the invention the command signal condition is in the form of a pilot tone of a given frequency, receipt of which by the base unit receiver disables audio pass-through. To enter two-way 'talk' mode, a pilot tone of different frequency is also sent by the remote unit, loss of this tone being being to cause the base unit to cease transmitting to the remote unit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Scordato, James. (1989). Answering machine with cordless telephone (U.S. Patent No. 4881259). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4881259

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