Telephonic communications – Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical... – Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...
Patent
1996-07-01
1999-08-10
Woo, Stella
Telephonic communications
Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...
379 9323, 37911001, 455 63, H04M 1100
Patent
active
059370386
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to apparatus for the display, manipulation and control of dialogue between a public switched telephone network and a subscriber using a television set located at the subscriber's premises and for providing visual and audio output of data and voice band audio information received over the telephone on the television using the apparatus of the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The general object of this invention is to provide a low cost, high quality, network of audio, visual and data services and data bases to a subscriber. The invention described herein provides one form of the hardware and software to practice the Display Based Marketing Message Control System and Method taught by R. Beaumont et al in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/076,648 filed Jun. 14, 1993.
It is an object of the present invention to provide apparatus that will support television based interactive data communications and telephony to emulate the functions of screen based telephones. The apparatus described herein will implement and support the Bellcore protocols for Voice Band Data transmission (TR-NWT-000030, Voice band Data Transmission Interface Generic Requirements, Issue 2, Bellcore, October 1992.), Calling Number Delivery (TR-TSY-000031, CLASS Feature: Calling Number Delivery, Issue 1, Bellcore, January 1990), Calling Name Delivery (TR-TSY-001188, CLASS Feature: Calling Name Delivery Generic requirements, Issue 1, Bellcore, December 1991.), Calling Identity Delivery on Call Waiting (TR-NWT-000575, CLASS Feature: Calling Identity Delivery on Call Waiting, Issue 1, Bellcore, October 1992), Call Waiting Deluxe (TA-NWT-000416, Call Waiting Deluxe Feature, Issue 2, Bellcore, April 1993.), and the Bellcore Analog Display Service Interface (SR-INS-002461, Customer Premises Equipment Compatibility Considerations for the Analog Display Service Interface, Issue 1, Bellcore, December 1992). The apparatus provides for TV screen based telephone inputs such as number key pads and characters, cursor control of the message area and soft keys and outputs such as a message waiting indicator and other audio and visual information.
It is a object of the present invention to provide a set top unit that uses the telephone and a television set to provide the ability to: customer is on the line and give the customer optional ways to respond to the incoming call. services.
In one of its aspects the invention provides apparatus for the provision of analog display services interface messages at a subscriber premises comprising a hand held remote control device containing a plurality of buttons which produce control signaling unique to each button when depressed; and a set top unit having: a telephone termination for connection to a telephone line of the public switched telephone network; a modem connected to the telephone termination responsive to supervisory signaling carried on said telephone line including means connect to and disconnect from said telephone line having means for sending and receiving data thereover and means to provide dial signaling on said telephone line; a TV outlet for connection to a television set; a tuner for providing radio frequency signaling to said TV outlet; a display memory storage area to hold character and graphical symbols connected to said tuner whereby data contained in the display memory area will be modulated onto the radio frequency signaling produced by said tuner to permit the display memory storage area contents to be viewed on said television set; receiver apparatus to receive the control signaling produced by said hand held remote control device; a microprocessor and associated memory for storage of a control program and data; said microprocessor connected to said receiver apparatus to process the control signaling received from the hand held remote control device and connected to said display memory storage area whereby the data and symbols of the display memory area may be modified and updated by the microprocessor to affect the informatio
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Allan Dana
Beaumont Robert M.
Bell Michael D.
Cameron Allan B.
Gnazdowsky Glen P.
The New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited
Woo Stella
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