Central office powered credit only telephone paystation

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1983-10-27

1986-06-17

Smith, Jerry

Boots, shoes, and leggings

235380, 235381, 235382, 179 63CC, 179 63R, G06F 1522, G06F 1524, G06K 1500, H04M 1702

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045959838

ABSTRACT:
A credit only paystation for allowing a user to place telephone calls therefrom without having to use coinage coins. The paystation includes a reader to read the users credit information which may be encoded on the magnetic stripe of a conventional credit card. The paystation uses a microcomputer to process the credit information and the dialing information entered by the user. The paystation also allows the user to dial a plurality of nonrestricted numbers without having to use a credit card. The paystation is powered solely from the central office to which it is connected and keeps the transmitter turned off until it is needed.

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"AT&T Consumer Products Challange", Dec. 19, 1983, Issue 11, p. 1.

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