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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1997
Peter Lee, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
George F Cheung, La Mirada, CA (US);
Kenneth W Schossow, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Ameriphone, Inc., Garden Grove, CA (US);
Abstract
A remote controlled telephone handset that allows an end user to remotely dial one of at least two telephone numbers stored in the handset. The handset includes a receiver that receives a remote control signal and a memory circuit that is adapted to store at least two telephone numbers. The telephone handset also has a off hook and ring detection circuit that can couple the handset to a telephone line. The receiver, memory and off hook and ring detection circuit are coupled to a central processing unit which can answer an incoming call, hang up a call, or dial one of the telephone numbers in response to the receipt of a control signal(s).