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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazushige Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kamezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ; H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ; H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
A telephone includes a telephone circuit, a connector, and a switch. The connector is capable of being connected to a voice input/output interface in a network for a computer. The switch makes a selection as to whether a hand-set having a microphone and a loudspeaker is to be connected to the connector or to the telephone circuit. In this telephone, a hand-set accessory therefor can also be connected, as a voice input/output device for the personal computer, to the voice input/output interface for the computer network.