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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Daniel V. Peters, Lisle, IL (US);
Julie M. Owen, Broomfield, CO (US);
David C. Harms, West Chicago, IL (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
An integrated computer-telephone system includes a personal computer and a plurality of telephone sets. Each of the telephone sets is coupled to multiple telephone lines via respective adapters. By activating a line button on an adapter, a respective telephone will be connected to a selected line to answer or place a call on the selected line. The integrated computer-telephone system enables the multiple telephone line access by using existing standard telephone sets in a house hold. The integrated computer-telephone system is able to control the access to the multiple telephone lines according to their operational status and to preventing the telephone sets at other extensions from being connected to a telephone line when a call is in progress on the telephone line.