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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:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1994
John Saccardo, North Reading, MA (US);
Daniel Collins, Framingham, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A control unit, connected to a telephone, sends tone signals to a central dictating/recording unit in response to a user pressing buttons on an auxiliary keypad. The auxiliary keypad, in the form of a thin, membrane-type switch unit, adheres to the back of the telephone handset. A substitute coil cord has additional conductors and connects the telephone handset and the auxiliary keypad to the control unit. In response to the user pressing a button on the auxiliary keypad, the control unit simulates the user pressing one or more buttons on the telephone dial by sending the appropriate series of DTMF tones to the dictating/recording unit. The user can reprogram the simulated series of telephone dial button presses sent in response to any auxiliary keypad button being pressed, released, and 'clicked' (pressed and then quickly released).
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