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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
Dennis R McCarthy, Syracuse, NY (US);
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a telephone unit having a redial capability wherein if the number called is busy and a redialing is desirable, a determination is made as to whether a dialing operation has taken place since the telephone was placed in an 'off' hook status. If no dialing operation has taken place, then the telephone will dial the desired redial number which is the last dialed telephone number. If the determination is that a dialing operation has taken place since the phone was placed in an 'off' hook status, then an operation is initiated upon initiating the redial order command where the telephone is electronically placed in an 'on' hook status in order to release the telephone line of the telephone network, and then is reestablished in an 'off' hook status for capturing a line of the telephone network. Upon capturing a line of the telephone network, the redial system redials the desired telephone number.