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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:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian T Selden, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jack G Lum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roln Company, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 10 ; 379 12 ; 379-2 ; 379 15 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining whether a telephony system malfunction is caused by defective telephone company trunk lines connected thereto, or caused by defective system equipment. The present invention comprises two double pole double throw relays having connections arranged whereby a pair of telephony equipment interface channels have multiple remote testing capabilities. The present invention performs trunk rolling and/or inter-channel loop back testing under local or remote control.