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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert B Turnbull, Calgary, CA;
Kristin J Travis, Nepean, CA;
Piotr T Goszczynski, Cochrane, CA;
Susan J McGarry, Ottawa, CA;
Michel J Brisebois, Chelsea, CA;
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Ltd., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379356 ; 379142 ; 379355 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a microprocessor controlled telephone set having a microcomputer, user-data memory, and a plurality of function-keys, comprising the steps of: accessing said user data memory by defining a set of utility functions in a physical access module; translating a logical access request originated by a user of said telephone set to a corresponding utility function; and generating a logical access request in response to activation of a function-key.