Telephonic communications – Multi-line or key substation system with selective switching... – Switching or supervision feature
Patent
1995-12-12
1998-05-26
Kuntz, Curtis
Telephonic communications
Multi-line or key substation system with selective switching...
Switching or supervision feature
379157, 379156, 379 9314, 36470505, H04M 100, G06F 1516
Patent
active
057578982
ABSTRACT:
Devices, such as a mouse and a keyboard, a monitor of a PC, a microphone and a speaker provided on the extension board, and a sound input/output device of the sound input/output unit which is connected to the extension board are utilized as a display unit, an operation unit, and a sound input/output unit of the key telephone, respectively, by interchanging control information between a central processing unit of a PC main device and a control unit of an extension board which includes an exchange circuit, an information processing circuit, an I/F circuit, and a telephone circuit for an extension line. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an information processing and communication apparatus, capable of controlling at least one external line and a plurality of extension lines, with superior operability, which has combined functions of a PC and a key telephone system.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Kuntz Curtis
Loomis Paul
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