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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James V Pottala, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Robert B Ford, Tamarac, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 78 ; 455552 ; 370296 ;
Abstract
A communication apparatus (100) includes an automatically configured multimode talk switch (154). The communication apparatus (100) can be operated in a simplex communication mode, for receive or transmit operations, and a duplex communication mode, for simultaneous receive and transmit operations. The switch (154) is automatically configured as a push-to-talk momentary switch when the communication apparatus operates in the simplex communication mode (232, 235), and automatically configured as an on-hook/off-hook switch, when the communication apparatus operates in the duplex communication mode (242,245).