The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A CATV station for broadcasting a television program is connected to an internet network B. The CATV station is connected to a terminal device The terminal device includes a tuner section T for receiving a broadcasting signal for the television program transmitted from the CATV station, an interface section S for making transmission/reception of a telephone signal for the internet network B and a switching circuit which is connected to the interface section, a telephone set and a public switched phone network C. The switching circuit selectively connects the telephone set to the interface section S or the public switched phone network. In this configuration, the internet telephone can be used without doing troublesome operations, and the public switched phone network or internet network can be selected according to the facility of the internet terminal device on the side of a called party so that telephone call can be executed easily.