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EP0166393A2
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Telephone interface system
Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1985-06-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-06-21
Abstract
Abstract A computer-controlled telephone interface system is disclosed which includes telephone line interface (21) connected to one or more telephone lines for receiving and transmitting audio communications including voice communication on the phone lines, an audio interface (23) for receiving and recognizing incoming spoken audio communications and transmitting synthesized speech or recorded speech for outgoing audio communications and including recording means for recording incoming and outgoing audio communications. The system further includes a phone line balance network (22) connected between said audio interface (23) and said telephone line interface (21) which allows simultaneous reception of incoming and transmission of outgoing communications. A telephone dialer (20) for dialing outgoing calls and a telephone line monitor (24) for detecting dial tone, ring, and busy signals associated with outgoing dialed calls may also be provided. A central processing unit CPU (11) for receiving, processing and transmitting data controls each of the functions of the telephone interface system.
Inventors
- 👤 Larry S. Atherton
- 👤 R.J. Schnell
- 👤 Thomas J. Olson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 21:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/738; H04M1/7385; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/6505; H04M1/651; H04M1/658
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A telephone interface system, characterized by a) telephone line interface means (21) connected to one or more telephone lines for receiving and transmitting audio communications including voice communication on phone lines; b) audio interface means (23) for receiving and recognizing incoming audio communications and providing outgoing audio communications; c) phone line balance network means (22) connected between said audio interface means (23) and said telephone line interface means (21) for allowing simultaneous reception of incoming and transmission of outgoing audio communications; d) a central processing unit (CPU) (32) for receiving, processing and transmitting data to control the functions of the telephone interface system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A telephone interface system, characterized by a) telephone line interface means (21) connected to one or more telephone lines for receiving and transmitting audio communications including voice communication on phone lines; b) audio interface means (23) for receiving and recognizing incoming audio communications and providing outgoing audio communications; c) phone line balance network means (22) connected between said audio interface means (23) and said telephone line interface means (21) for allowing simultaneous reception of incoming and transmission of outgoing audio communications; d) a central processing unit (CPU) (32) for receiving, processing and transmitting data to control the functions of the telephone interface system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized by telephone dialer means (20) for dialing outgoing calls.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 1 or 2, character- ized by telephone line monitor means (24) for detecting dial tone, ring, and busy signals associated with outgoing dialed calls.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A system according to claim 3, characterized in that the telephone line monitor means (24) includes tone decoder means (120) for recognizing dial tone, busy and ring signals for dialed outgoing calls and which, with said CPU (32), discriminates therebetween to control outgoing call functions.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
39 words
A system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said phone line balance network (22) comprises means (80-88) for balancing the inductance, capacitance and resistance of the outgoing audio communication with that of the phone line.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
56 words
A system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said telephone balance network (22) comprises discrimination means for discriminating between said incoming and outgoing audio communications such that only said incoming audio communications are passed to said audio interface means (23) and only said outgoing audio communications are transmitted to said phone line.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
33 words
A system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by one or more peripheral devices connected to said audio interface means (23) to provide outgoing audio communications and process incoming audio communications.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
A system according to claim 7, characterized in that said peripheral devices for incoming audio communications comprise voice recognition means (12) for recognizing incoming speech and recording means for recording and wherein said peripheral devices for outgoing audio communication further comprise means for connecting recorded audio communications or audio communications from speech synthesizer means (13).
Claim 10
Independent Claim
98 words
A system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that e) the telephone line interface means (21) is connected between the telephone lines and the audio interface means and simultaneously has an input (E1) connected to the telephone dialer means (20); f) a second output (E2) of the telephone dialer means (20) is connected to the audio interface means (23); g) the phone line balance network (22) is interconnected between the telephone line interface means (21) and the audio interface means (23); h) the line monitor means (24) is connected to the audio interface means (23).
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