Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int

Details Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int

1990-10-05

1993-03-16

Dwyer, James L.

Telephonic communications

Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...

Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...

379 90, 379 96, 375 13, H04M 1100

Patent

active

051951304

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a telephone configured as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, and a programmable gate array (PGA) chip and enhanced integrity features, and has the overall appearance of a telephone. The PGA has the capability of being reconfigured to accommodate various types of softwares which require different hardware configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to reconfigure the PGA to format the microcomputer necessary to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3760375 (1973-09-01), Irwin et al.
patent: 3865994 (1975-02-01), Bender
patent: 3932709 (1976-01-01), Hoff et al.
patent: 3995123 (1976-11-01), Wilson
patent: 4291198 (1981-09-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4381427 (1983-04-01), Cheal et al.
patent: 4431870 (1984-02-01), May et al.
patent: 4503288 (1985-03-01), Kessler
patent: 4532378 (1985-07-01), Nakayama
patent: 4533791 (1985-08-01), Read et al.
patent: 4578537 (1986-03-01), Faggin et al.
patent: 4580011 (1986-04-01), Glaser
patent: 4585908 (1986-04-01), Smith
patent: 4607144 (1986-08-01), Carmon et al.
patent: 4663766 (1987-05-01), Bremer
patent: 4682014 (1987-07-01), Iwama
patent: 4701845 (1987-10-01), Andreasen et al.
patent: 4724521 (1988-02-01), Carron et al.
patent: 4727243 (1988-01-01), Savar
patent: 4737980 (1988-04-01), Curtin et al.
patent: 4748656 (1988-05-01), Gibbs et al.
patent: 4788657 (1988-11-01), Douglas et al.
patent: 4852151 (1989-07-01), Dittakavi et al.
patent: 4885580 (1989-12-01), Noto et al.
patent: 5014190 (1991-05-01), Johnson
patent: 5018189 (1991-05-01), Kurosawa et al.
patent: 5020100 (1991-05-01), Gardiner
patent: 5027315 (1991-06-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5038372 (1991-08-01), Elms et al.
Adkins, et al., "Displayphone: Telephone and Terminal Combine in a Compact Desk-Top Unit", Telesis (Bell Northern Research), 1982, pp. 2-7.
G. M. Durkin, "QWERTYphone-A Low-Cost Integrated Voice/Data Terminal", British Telecommunications Engineering, vol. 5, Jan. 1987, pp. 276-280.
CERMETEK, "A New Generation of Information Terminals", Apr. 23, 1987.
PCT Search Report, No. PCT/US 90/06517 citing the above-identified references.
Fike, et al., Understanding Telephone Electronics, 1989, Howard W. Sams & Company, pp. 119-150.
"CLASS Feature: Calling Number Delivery", Bellcore Technical Reference TR-SY-000031, Issue 2, Jun. 1988.
"SPCS Customer Premises Equipment Data Interface", Bellcore Technical Reference TR-SY000030, Issue 1, Nov. 1988.
Plessey Publication No. 7871/6 6/83 5M, "Plessey Vutel" (1983).
Plessey Publication No. 7952/1 9/1982 5M, "Plessey IBIS Videotex System" (1982).
Plessey Publication No. 8232 4/1987 5M, "Plessey MICROphone", (1987).
Japanese Publication vol. 6 No. 112(P-124) (990), Jun. 23, 1982, "Reset Preventing System of Microprocessor".
"Special Section: The Telephone Becomes an Information Terminal", May 1987, Computopia, p. 41.
Forbes, Jun. 26, 1989, entitled "This Things Has to Change People's Habits".
Patent Cooperation Treaty International Search Report, International Application No. PCT/US90/06517, filed Aug. 11, 1990.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 23, No. 9, Feb. 1981 (Intelligent Telephone).
"Programmable Gate Array Data Book", Xilinx, (1989), pp. 6-54 to 6-56.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, "New Generation Microprocessor for Telecommunication Applications", S. Bal, Jun. 8-12, pp. 11.5.1-11.5.4.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer int will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-356585