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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2008
Tom Desjardins, Lucas, TX (US);
Edward Leonhardt, Erie, CO (US);
Henry Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Eric K. Weeren, Garland, TX (US);
Tom Desjardins, Lucas, TX (US);
Edward Leonhardt, Erie, CO (US);
Henry Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Eric K. Weeren, Garland, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed which comprises a status sensitive input related to a programmed telephone number for conveying a control signal to a controller of a telephone to initiate a function; a detector for determining a status of the telephone and conveying the status to the controller of the telephone; wherein the function initiated by the controller is chosen from two or more functions dependent upon the status of the telephone as determined by the detector.