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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brad R DeGrazia, Seattle, WA (US);
Phillip A Escobar, North Bend, WA (US);
Assignee:
Active Voice Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379201 ; 379202 ; 379212 ; 379 9323 ;
Abstract
A method and a device for the management of a TAPI or TSAPI based telecommunications system through the use of a graphical user interface. The invention displays incoming and outgoing calls as icons which are graphically manipulated to control the functions of the system. Dialing, transferring, and conferencing telephone calls, as well as other functions, is accomplished by the manipulation of icons and windows on a computer display.