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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Dinakaran Chidambaram, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Dinakaran Chidambaram, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M003/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A telephone system includes a storage device, which receives a telephone number and stores the telephone number. A customer premises equipment (CPE) device includes a three-way calling feature such that the stored telephone number is enabled to be called from the CPE over a switched network and a connection is made by the CPE over the switched network between the telephone number and a user at a location remote from the CPE.