Abstract A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station which includes a telephone call identification device; a micro controller operatively connectable to the telephone line through the telephone call identification device and to a telecommunication station on the telephone line, the micro controller being programmable to accept in memory a list of telephone call identification data and also having in memory instructions to summarily act on a telephone call identified by the call identification device that is included in the telephone call identification data; a command station for the micro controller; a device for two-way, radio-link connecting the micro controller and the command station to transmit information in the call identification device not summarily acted on as stated to the command station for visual display and for transmitting control commands from the command station to the micro controller, the command station having a visual display for telephone call identification in the call identification device; the micro controller having in memory a plurality of command instructions each to be carried out in response to its own control command from the command station; the command station having a control panel with a distinct manually operable control command initiator for each of the command instructions: one of the command instructions being to add the identification data of the telephone call currently in the telephone call identification device to the list of telephone call identification data in memory and to process the call as if it had previously been on the list in memory.
Inventors
👤 Susan Garfin
👤 Patrick De Angelis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-01 00:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/436
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
257 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station having: a telephone call identification means; a micro controller operatively connectable to the telephone line through the telephone call identification means and to a telecommunication station on the telephone line, said micro controller being programmable to accept in memory a list of telephone call identification data and also having in memory instructions to summarily act on a telephone call identified by said call identification means that is included in said telephone call identification data; a command station for the micro controller; means for two-way, radio-link connecting said micro controller and said command station to transmit information in the call identification means not summarily acted on as aforesaid to the command station for visual display and for transmitting control commands from the command station to the micro controller, said command station having visual display means for telephone call identification in the call identification means; said micro controller having in memory a plurality of command instructions each to be carried out in response to its own control command from said command station; said command station having a control panel with a distinct manually operable control command initiator for each of said command instructions; one of said command instructions being to add the identification data of the telephone call currently in the telephone call identification means to the list of telephone call identification data in memory and to process the call as if it had previously been on the list in memory.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
257 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station having: a telephone call identification means; a micro controller operatively connectable to the telephone line through the telephone call identification means and to a telecommunication station on the telephone line, said micro controller being programmable to accept in memory a list of telephone call identification data and also having in memory instructions to summarily act on a telephone call identified by said call identification means that is included in said telephone call identification data; a command station for the micro controller; means for two-way, radio-link connecting said micro controller and said command station to transmit information in the call identification means not summarily acted on as aforesaid to the command station for visual display and for transmitting control commands from the command station to the micro controller, said command station having visual display means for telephone call identification in the call identification means; said micro controller having in memory a plurality of command instructions each to be carried out in response to its own control command from said command station; said command station having a control panel with a distinct manually operable control command initiator for each of said command instructions; one of said command instructions being to add the identification data of the telephone call currently in the telephone call identification means to the list of telephone call identification data in memory and to process the call as if it had previously been on the list in memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station as claimed in claim 1 in which said in memory instructions to summarily act on a telephone call identified by said call identification receiver that is included on said list of telephone calls accepted in memory are to reject the call.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station as claimed in claim 1 in which said in memory instructions to summarily act on a telephone call identified by said call identification receiver that is included on said list of telephone calls accepted in memory are to accept the call.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station as claimed in claim 1 in which said command station is portable and of a size to be carried in a garment pocket.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station as claimed in claim 2 in which said command station is portable and of a size to be carried in a garment pocket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station as claimed in claim 3 in which said command station is portable and of a size to be carried in a garment pocket.