Telephonic communications – Supervisory or control line signaling – Substation originated
Patent
1993-12-23
1995-02-07
Dwyer, James L.
Telephonic communications
Supervisory or control line signaling
Substation originated
379 52, 379 97, 379 98, 379 99, H04M 1100
Patent
active
053881540
ABSTRACT:
A telephone dialing method relating each key of an alphabetic keyboard to a numeric digit and a telephone dialing apparatus and alphabetic keyboard device for sending dual-tone-multi-frequency (DTMF) and/or pulse telephone dialing signals over a communication path such as a local loop connecting a subscriber telephone to a switching office via a telephone dialing circuit. The alphabetic keyboard device may be configured according to a conventional typewriter QWERTY keyboard layout and is connectable to a conventional telephone to supplement its 12-key standard keypad, allowing the telephone to be dialed with individual alphabetic letters.
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Copy of brochure entitled "Future Communicator!" dated Early Summer '94.
Dwyer James L.
Saint-Surin Jacques M.
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