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Telephone exchange apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-05-23
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Granted: 1995-02-21
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Expires: 2014-05-23
Abstract
Abstract A telephone exchange apparatus for plural extension telephone units is capable of interchanging, in response to a predetermined operation from one of the extension telephone units the extension numbers of two extension telephone units and the associated information stored in advance for these extension telephone units, such as individual one-touch dialling data, abbreviated dialling data and re-dialling data. In response to the predetermined operation, the exchange apparatus interchanges the data areas in a memory respectively corresponding to the physical addresses of the extension telephone units.
Inventors
- 👤 Kuniaki Otsuka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 23:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/58; H04Q3/62; H04Q3/625; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42314; H04M3/424; H04M3/44; H04M3/54; H04M3/546; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S379/00; Y10S379/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first and second information; and reading means for reading, in a first mode, the first information from said memory means based on a predetermined operation by the first extension telephone unit and the second information from said memory means based on a predetermined operation by the second extension telephone unit, wherein said reading means is adapted, in a second mode, to read the second information from said memory means based on the predetermined operation by the first extension telephone unit and the first information from said memory means, based on the predetermined operation by the second extension telephone unit, and wherein the first and second modes are switched based on an operation by one of the first and second extension telephone units.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first and second information; and reading means for reading, in a first mode, the first information from said memory means based on a predetermined operation by the first extension telephone unit and the second information from said memory means based on a predetermined operation by the second extension telephone unit, wherein said reading means is adapted, in a second mode, to read the second information from said memory means based on the predetermined operation by the first extension telephone unit and the first information from said memory means, based on the predetermined operation by the second extension telephone unit, and wherein the first and second modes are switched based on an operation by one of the first and second extension telephone units.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reading means is adapted to read the first information in the first mode or the second information in the second mode, when a predetermined key is depressed in the first extension telephone unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
91 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging a plurality of extension telephone units including first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first information corresponding to the first extension telephone unit and second information corresponding to the second extension telephone unit; and control means for controlling said memory means, in response to a request from one of the plurality of extension telephone units, in such a manner that the first extension telephone unit corresponds to the second information and the second extension telephone unit corresponds to the first information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging a plurality of extension telephone units including first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first information corresponding to the first extension telephone unit and second information corresponding to the second extension telephone unit; and control means for controlling said memory means, in response to a request from one of the plurality of extension telephone units, in such a manner that the first extension telephone unit corresponds to the second information and the second extension telephone unit corresponds to the first information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first and second information include one-touch dialling data or abbreviated dialling data and redialling data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first and second information include information assigned to function buttons.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A telephone exchange apparatus according to to claim 3, wherein the first and second information include telephone charge information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first and second information include information for restricting call generation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a request to renew is generated from the first or the second extension telephone unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
93 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first and second information; and renewing means for renewing, in a first mode, the first information in said memory means based on an operation by the first extension telephone unit and the second information in said memory means based on an operation by the second extension telephone unit, wherein said renewing means is adapted, in a second mode, to renew the second information in said memory means based on the operation by the first extension telephone unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
93 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first and second information; and renewing means for renewing, in a first mode, the first information in said memory means based on an operation by the first extension telephone unit and the second information in said memory means based on an operation by the second extension telephone unit, wherein said renewing means is adapted, in a second mode, to renew the second information in said memory means based on the operation by the first extension telephone unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said renewing means is adapted to renew the first information in the first mode or the second information in the second mode, when a predetermined key is depressed in the first extension telephone unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said renewing means effects switching from the first mode to the second mode, in response to a switching instruction from the first extension telephone unit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said renewing means is adapted, in the second mode, to renew the first information in said memory means, based on the predetermined operation by the second extension telephone unit.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said renewing means renews the first and second information on a speech charge.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
110 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging a plurality of extension telephone units including first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first information corresponding to the first extension telephone unit; and control means for controlling said memory means such that the first information corresponds to the second extension telephone unit in accordance with an instruction from one of the plurality of extension telephone units, wherein said control means controls the second extension telephone unit so as to display second information, and the second information is displayed on the first extension telephone unit when the instruction is generated from the one of the plurality of extension telephone units.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
110 words
A telephone exchange apparatus for exchanging a plurality of extension telephone units including first and second extension telephone units, comprising: memory means for storing first information corresponding to the first extension telephone unit; and control means for controlling said memory means such that the first information corresponds to the second extension telephone unit in accordance with an instruction from one of the plurality of extension telephone units, wherein said control means controls the second extension telephone unit so as to display second information, and the second information is displayed on the first extension telephone unit when the instruction is generated from the one of the plurality of extension telephone units.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the instruction is generated from the second extension telephone unit.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the second information includes a message from one of the plurality of extension telephone sets.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first information includes telephone numbers.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for renewing information stored in a memory provided in a telephone exchange apparatus, comprising the steps of: renewing, in a first mode, first information stored in the memory on the basis of an operation at a first extension telephone set; renewing, in the first mode, second information stored in the memory on the basis of an operation at a second extension telephone set; and renewing, in a second mode, the second information stored in the memory on the basis of the operation at the first extension telephone set.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for renewing information stored in a memory provided in a telephone exchange apparatus, comprising the steps of: renewing, in a first mode, first information stored in the memory on the basis of an operation at a first extension telephone set; renewing, in the first mode, second information stored in the memory on the basis of an operation at a second extension telephone set; and renewing, in a second mode, the second information stored in the memory on the basis of the operation at the first extension telephone set.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of switching the first mode and the second mode.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of switching the first mode and the second mode on the basis of a predetermined key operation at the first extension telephone set.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of switching the first mode and the second mode on the basis of a predetermined key operation at the second extension telephone set.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 18, wherein the first and second information relates to charges for speech.
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