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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:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerome W Schull, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379106 ; 379107 ; 379 34 ;
Abstract
A telemetry system in which a telephone system of the telemetry system is adapted to provide automatic identification of the telephone number of a subscriber location at which a telemetry interface unit is installed and to utilize the identified telephone number in a procedure for verifying the installation. The telephone system is adapted to respond to a preselected telephone number which results in identification of the subscriber location telephone number and which includes a utility identifier which can be used to access utility information for the verification procedure.