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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:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Sanford, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Robert Cook, Lewisville, TX (US);
Gerald Stuteville, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tandy Corporation, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379368 ; 341 22 ; 341 26 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises a telephone answering device in which a microprocessor controller is coupled to all of the peripheral components through a single common multi-bit data/instruction bus and each peripheral component is coupled to the data bus through a latch which is enabled responsive to an enable instruction placed on a port of the controller.