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Digital telephone system with terminals connected to a digital exchange unit providing all functions of the terminals

Assignee: Intel Germany Holding GmbH
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Filing: 1991-08-23
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Granted: 1995-03-28
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Expires: 2011-08-23
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Abstract

Abstract A telephone apparatus includes a digital exchange unit and at least one digital telephone terminal connected to the digital exchange unit. The at least one digital telephone terminal generates monitoring signals and has multiple functions. All of the monitoring signals generated in the at least one digital telephone terminal are forwarded directly to the digital exchange unit. All of the functions of the at least one digital telephone terminal are controlled directly by the digital exchange unit through corresponding control signals.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gunter Weinberger

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0421; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M1/253; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42314; H04Q11/0428; H04Q11/0435; H04Q11/0471; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/096; H04Q2213/215; H04Q2213/334

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A telephone apparatus, comprising a digital exchange unit, at least one digital telephone terminal connected to said digital exchange unit, said at least one digital telephone terminal generating monitoring signals and having multiple functions, means for forwarding all of the monitoring signals generated in said at least one digital telephone terminal directly to said digital exchange unit, and means for controlling all of the functions of said at least one digital telephone terminal directly by said digital exchange unit through corresponding control signals transmitted from said digital exchange unit directly to said at least one digital telephone terminal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A telephone apparatus, comprising a digital exchange unit, at least one digital telephone terminal connected to said digital exchange unit, said at least one digital telephone terminal generating monitoring signals and having multiple functions, means for forwarding all of the monitoring signals generated in said at least one digital telephone terminal directly to said digital exchange unit, and means for controlling all of the functions of said at least one digital telephone terminal directly by said digital exchange unit through corresponding control signals transmitted from said digital exchange unit directly to said at least one digital telephone terminal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The telephone apparatus according to claim 1, including means for correcting transmission errors in monitoring and control signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 17 words
The telephone apparatus according to claim 1, including means for coding and decoding monitoring and control signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The telephone apparatus according to claim 2, including means for coding and decoding monitoring and control signals.

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