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US5245653A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Memory card connectable to a telephone

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1992-02-13
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Granted: 1993-09-14
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Expires: 2012-02-13
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Abstract

Abstract There is provided a key telephone system which can use data registered in a memory card. The system comprises: a main apparatus which has a memory and operates in accordance with the data stored in the memory; and an extension telephone having a receiving circuit to receive data from a memory card, wherein the main apparatus stores the data which was received by the extension telephone from the memory card into the memory. With this system, data such as names, denominations, telephone numbers, and the like of the partners can be registered into a portable device such as a memory card by the keyboard of the extension telephone or by the keyboard of the portable device at a remote location at an arbitrary time.

Inventors

  • 👤 Michihiro Izumi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 01:19
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/275

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 49 words
A memory card capable of being connected to telephone, comprising: setting means for setting designation information designating whether a line is a digital line or an analog line; memory means for storing therein the designation information; and transmission means for transmitting the designation information stored in said memory means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 49 words
A memory card capable of being connected to telephone, comprising: setting means for setting designation information designating whether a line is a digital line or an analog line; memory means for storing therein the designation information; and transmission means for transmitting the designation information stored in said memory means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
A memory card according to claim 1, wherein said setting means comprises a keyboard.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
A memory card according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means comprises light emitting diodes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
A memory card according to claim 1, wherein the digital line includes an ISDN.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4266102A Cited
US4879744A Cited

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1996-09-13 1997-03-15 1997-09-14 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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