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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996

Filed:

Mar. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

David S Isenberg, Shrewsbury, NJ (US);

Mark L Tuomenoksa, Shrewsbury, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3645 / ;
Abstract

A video system that captures telephone number data encoded into video signals transmitted over a video network to at least one display device is disclosed. Video signals are received that contain an escape sequence demarcating telephone number data. The system identifies the escape sequence, and captures the telephone number data. Upon command, dialing data corresponding to the telephone number data are transmitted over a telephone network to initiate a telephone call to the desired party.

Published as:
CA2141976A1; EP0673164A1; JPH07288606A; KR950035420A; US5570295A; CA2141976C; EP0673164B1; DE69509692D1; DE69509692T2; KR100318593B1;

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