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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:
Jul. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L McMahan, Plano, TX (US);
Michele B Gammel, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379201 ; 379157 ; 379 96 ;
Abstract
A method and system are provided for configuring a telephone (10). A connection (20) is formed between the telephone (10) and a telephone environment (60). A list of services offerable through the telephone environment is generated (100). A list of candidate procedures for establishing each listed service through the telephone environment is generated (102). At least one of the listed procedures is executed (104) for each listed service to determine whether the listed service is supported by the connection (20).