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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999

Filed:

Jan. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jan Lieben, Winterswyk, NL;

Matthias Eberhard Jobst, Bochum, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379350 ; 379 8801 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to a telephone which has, on account of its many functions, a multistage menu structure for operator prompting. In order that a user does not have to remember the entire menu, or the point where he is in the menu at a given time if he pauses when operating the unit, there is specified a process for communication between the telephone and the user which, by means of a program, indicates to the user when he inputs a help signal a program branch previously selected by him and the next options available to him within this program branch. Furthermore, a voice dialling system for carrying out such a process is specified.


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