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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Tanigawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379201 ; 370522 ; 370524 ; 379208 ; 379230 ; 379234 ; 379241 ;
Abstract
A telephone exchange apparatus having a memory for storing the status information of extensions and outside lines. Upon reception of a predetermined setup message from an extension ISDN telephone, if there is a held line, the apparatus connects the line with the extension ISDN telephone which has transmitted the setup message. Thus an extension ISDN telephone can respond to a held call.