US5138655A
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Telephone apparatus capable of setting card unit therein
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-02-15
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Granted: 1992-08-11
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Expires: 2011-02-15
Abstract
Abstract A telephone apparatus includes an extension telephone for receiving data from a card, a timepiece unit, and a control unit for alarming a coincidence between time data included in the data received from the extension telephone and time data of the timepiece unit. The control unit performs a display on the basis of display data included in the data received by the extension telephone.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoichi Takashima
- 👤 Kuniaki Ohtsuka
- 👤 Yoshihiro Tanigawa
- 👤 Shoji Suzuki
- 👤 Shunji Arai
- 👤 Shigeru Hiroki
- 👤 Yuichiro Tsutsui
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Watanabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 20:39
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/346; G07C; G07C1/00; G07C1/10; H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/275; H04M1/66; H04M1/663; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42314; H04M3/432; H04M3/54; H04M3/546; H04M9/00; H04M9/002; H04M9/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
38 words
A telephone apparatus comprising: means for receiving data from a card; timepiece means; and means for alarming a coincidence between time data included in the data received from said receiving means and time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
38 words
A telephone apparatus comprising: means for receiving data from a card; timepiece means; and means for alarming a coincidence between time data included in the data received from said receiving means and time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said alarming means performs a display on the basis of display data included in the data received from said receiving means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
A key telephone system comprising: (1) an extension telephone comprising (a) means for receiving data from a card, (b) display means, and (c) ringing means; and (2) a main unit comprising (a) timepiece means, and (b) means for controlling said display means or said ringing means to alarm a coincidence between time data included in the data received from said receiving means and time data of said timepiece means when these time data coincide with each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
A key telephone system comprising: (1) an extension telephone comprising (a) means for receiving data from a card, (b) display means, and (c) ringing means; and (2) a main unit comprising (a) timepiece means, and (b) means for controlling said display means or said ringing means to alarm a coincidence between time data included in the data received from said receiving means and time data of said timepiece means when these time data coincide with each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform a display on the basis of display data included in the data received from said receiving means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said main unit accommodates a plurality of extension telephones, and said control means drives said display or ringing means of said plurality of extension telephones including an extension telephone which inputs the time data coinciding with the time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A reception control apparatus comprising: input means for inputting schedule data; timepiece means; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of comparison between the schedule data input from said input means and the time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A reception control apparatus comprising: input means for inputting schedule data; timepiece means; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of comparison between the schedule data input from said input means and the time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the reception control by said control means includes a call transfer or a voice response.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said input means inputs the schedule data from a memory card.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the schedule data includes time data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: input means for inputting schedule data; timepiece means; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of comparison between the schedule data input from said input means and time data from said timepiece means upon reception of an incoming call.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: input means for inputting schedule data; timepiece means; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of comparison between the schedule data input from said input means and time data from said timepiece means upon reception of an incoming call.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the reception control by said control means includes a call transfer or a voice response.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input means inputs the schedule data from a memory card.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input means inputs the schedule data from an extension telephone.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input means inputs the schedule data from a memory card set in an extension telephone.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the schedule data includes time data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the schedule data includes data representing whether a callee is present.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
37 words
A reception control apparatus comprising: setting means for setting a card; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of whether the card is set in said setting means upon reception of an incoming call.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
A reception control apparatus comprising: setting means for setting a card; and control means for performing reception control on the basis of whether the card is set in said setting means upon reception of an incoming call.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the reception control by said control means includes a call transfer or a voice response.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
59 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: means for receiving schedule data from a memory card set in an extension telephone; memory means for storing the schedule data received from said receiving means; and output means for reading out the schedule data from said memory means and outputting the readout schedule data on the basis of designation from said extension telephone.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
59 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: means for receiving schedule data from a memory card set in an extension telephone; memory means for storing the schedule data received from said receiving means; and output means for reading out the schedule data from said memory means and outputting the readout schedule data on the basis of designation from said extension telephone.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said output means outputs the readout schedule data to a facsimile apparatus.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
56 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: means for detecting that a card is set in an extension telephone; timepiece means; memory means for storing time data from said timepiece means when said detecting means detects that the card is set in said extension telephone; and output means for outputting the time data stored in said memory means.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
56 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: means for detecting that a card is set in an extension telephone; timepiece means; memory means for storing time data from said timepiece means when said detecting means detects that the card is set in said extension telephone; and output means for outputting the time data stored in said memory means.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for reading identification data from the card, and wherein said memory means stores the time and identification data obtained upon setting of the card, the time data being stored in association with the identification data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said output means outputs the time data to a display unit or a printer.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said output means outputs the time data on a display unit of said extension telephone.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
55 words
A telephone apparatus comprising: means for receiving data from a card; timepiece means; and display means for performing a display on the basis of display data included in the data received from said receiving means when time data included in the data received from said receiving means coincides with time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
55 words
A telephone apparatus comprising: means for receiving data from a card; timepiece means; and display means for performing a display on the basis of display data included in the data received from said receiving means when time data included in the data received from said receiving means coincides with time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said display means causes alarming means to ring when the time data included in the data received from said receiving means coincides with the time data of said timepiece means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said output means outputs the readout schedule data to a computer.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a battery for supplying power to said memory means in a power failure state.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
41 words
A call processing method comprising the steps of: reading schedule data from a memory card; determining, when a call request is detected, a process for the call request on the basis of the read schedule data; and executing the determined process.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
41 words
A call processing method comprising the steps of: reading schedule data from a memory card; determining, when a call request is detected, a process for the call request on the basis of the read schedule data; and executing the determined process.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 29, wherein, in said reading step, the schedule data is read from the memory card set in an extension telephone.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 29, wherein, in said determining step, a destination to which a call is transferred is determined.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 29, wherein, in said executing step, a voice response is executed.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
54 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving schedule data from a memory card set in an extension telephone; memory means for storing the schedule data received from said reception means; and output means for outputting the stored schedule data to a computer on the basis of an instruction from said extension telephone.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
54 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving schedule data from a memory card set in an extension telephone; memory means for storing the schedule data received from said reception means; and output means for outputting the stored schedule data to a computer on the basis of an instruction from said extension telephone.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
57 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: detection means for detecting that a card is released from an extension telephone; timepiece means; memory means for storing time data from said timepiece means when said detection means detects that the card is released from said extension telephone; and output means for outputting the time data stored in said memory means.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
57 words
A telephone exchange apparatus comprising: detection means for detecting that a card is released from an extension telephone; timepiece means; memory means for storing time data from said timepiece means when said detection means detects that the card is released from said extension telephone; and output means for outputting the time data stored in said memory means.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus according to claim 34, further comprising: read means for reading identification data from the card, and wherein said memory means stores the time data and the identification data obtained upon releasing of the card, the time data being stored in association with the identification data.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein said output means outputs the time data to a display unit or a printer.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 36, wherein said output means outputs the time data on a display unit of said extension telephone.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
JPS6444157A
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