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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Richard Shires, Glendale, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 9301 ; 37910202 ; 37910606 ;
Abstract
A time independent, data communication system via non-dedicated telephone transmission lines, to remotely notify a local computer to dial out to a data network is disclosed. The local computer dial out is initiated if the telephone connected to the local telephone transmission line is not in use at a predetermined time period, or time range after a predetermined time period, after a ring is detected. In a preferred embodiment, a retriggerable timer is activated by a ring detector circuit. After the timer tines out, if a hook detector circuit detects the telephone transmission line is in an on-hook condition, the local computer dial out is initiated.