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US3150236A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Integrated two-and four-wire telephone switching system

Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1961-08-29
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Granted: 1964-09-22
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Expires: 1981-08-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John W Gorgas
  • 👤 George A Hurst
  • 👤 John S Pfrommer
  • 👤 William H Scheer

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 13:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0004

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
IN A CALL DATA RECORDING TELEPHONE SYSTEM, A SWITCHING CENTER COMPRISING A FIRST SWITCHING NETWORK SERVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE TWO-WIRE STATIONS AND A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY INDENTIFIABLE TWO-WIRE TRUNKS AND COMPRISING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID TWOWIRE STATIONS AND SAID TWO-WIRE TRUNKS; A SECOND SWITCHING NETWORK SERVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE FOUR-WIRE STATIONS AND A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS AND COMPRISING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID FOUR-WIRE STATIONS AND SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS, EACH OF SAID NETWORKS COMPRISING MEANS FOR PROVIDING CALL INFORMATION SIGNALS INCLUDING SIGNALS INDICATING THE INDENTITY OF THE ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS, FOURWIRE STATIONS, AND FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS WHICH REQUESTED A CALL CONNECTION; RECORDING MEANS; AND A RECORDER CONTROLLER COMPRISING REGISTER MEANS FOR REGISTERING SAID CALL INFORMATION SIGNALS, DETECTION MEANS SELECTIVELY RESPONSIVE TO SAID REGISTERED CALL INFORMATION FOR CONTROLLING SAID RECORDING MEANS TO RECORD DATA PERTAINING TO A CALL FOR WHICH A CALL CONNECTION IS REQUESTED BY ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS AND INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF SAID ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS, DATA PERTAINING TO A CALL FOR WHICH A CALL CONNECTION IS REQUESTED BY ONE OF SAID FOURWIRE TRUNKS, WHICH CONNECTION EXTENDS TO ANOTHER OF SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS AND INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF SAID REQUESTING ONE OF SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
IN A CALL DATA RECORDING TELEPHONE SYSTEM, A SWITCHING CENTER COMPRISING A FIRST SWITCHING NETWORK SERVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE TWO-WIRE STATIONS AND A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY INDENTIFIABLE TWO-WIRE TRUNKS AND COMPRISING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID TWOWIRE STATIONS AND SAID TWO-WIRE TRUNKS; A SECOND SWITCHING NETWORK SERVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE FOUR-WIRE STATIONS AND A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS AND COMPRISING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID FOUR-WIRE STATIONS AND SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS, EACH OF SAID NETWORKS COMPRISING MEANS FOR PROVIDING CALL INFORMATION SIGNALS INCLUDING SIGNALS INDICATING THE INDENTITY OF THE ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS, FOURWIRE STATIONS, AND FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS WHICH REQUESTED A CALL CONNECTION; RECORDING MEANS; AND A RECORDER CONTROLLER COMPRISING REGISTER MEANS FOR REGISTERING SAID CALL INFORMATION SIGNALS, DETECTION MEANS SELECTIVELY RESPONSIVE TO SAID REGISTERED CALL INFORMATION FOR CONTROLLING SAID RECORDING MEANS TO RECORD DATA PERTAINING TO A CALL FOR WHICH A CALL CONNECTION IS REQUESTED BY ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS AND INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF SAID ONE OF SAID TWO-WIRE STATIONS, DATA PERTAINING TO A CALL FOR WHICH A CALL CONNECTION IS REQUESTED BY ONE OF SAID FOURWIRE TRUNKS, WHICH CONNECTION EXTENDS TO ANOTHER OF SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS AND INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF SAID REQUESTING ONE OF SAID FOUR-WIRE TRUNKS.

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