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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:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Pierre Sauvage, Notre Dame de Commiers, FR;
Marc Brandt, Eybens, FR;
Robert Hyerle, Bernin, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of selectively sending a DTMF tone from a terminal to a first or a second destination, wherein the terminal sends a signal comprising at least one DTMF tone to an intermediate module prior to distribution to the intended destination, comprising: receiving the signal at the intermediate module; analyzing the nature of any DTMF tones in a portion of the received signal to determine the intended destination thereof; and sending a DTMF tone corresponding to the DTMF tones in the received signal to the determined destination.