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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Ascher Lappen, Encino, CA (US);
David Irwin Lappen, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379373 ; 379 9305 ; 37910609 ; 379188 ; 379441 ;
Abstract
A device (FIG. 1, item 110), which may be remotely controlled, inserted between a telephone (FIG. 1, item 100) and a telephone line (FIG. 1, item 120) that controls the telephone's ringer to silence it or not, to cause it to ring in a different manner to signal an event other than an incoming telephone call (FIG. 1, item 140), and/or to signal another device (FIG. 1, item 130) to indicate an incoming call.