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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Martin Bijman, Stittsville, CA;
Don Marlin, Woodlawn, CA;
Catena Networks, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A line card for coupling to customer premises equipment at a termination for detecting hook condition in a telephone system, the line card comprising an interface for transmitting and receiving an analog signal with the telephone line, an AC ring signal generator for generating a ring signal at the customer equipment, a DC signal generator for generating a DC signal when said customer equipment is off hook, and a circuit for determining the duty cycle of a loop current in the customer equipment (telephone) for determining the hook status of the customer equipmen.
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