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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Claus Rist, Bochum, DE;
Roland Roth, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Michael Willmann, Witten, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A terminal operated at a switching facility has at least one indicating element which indicates operating modes of another terminal allocated to the indicating element. The other terminal is operated at another switching facility. Calls to the other terminal may be picked up by operating a function element, e.g., pressing a key, associated with the indicating element that indicates the operating modes of the other terminal, when an incoming call to the other terminal is indicated.