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Special automatic trunk testing arrangement

CA 1070005 A · Owner: Western Electric Company, Incorporated · Inventors: Dworak, Francis S.; Ratti, Renald A.

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An automatic trunk test arrangement is disclosed which performs transmission path monitoring on idle trunks in the normal manner and which routinely scans th? supervisory states of trunks primarily for call charging purposes. When predetermined supervisory states are detected at any trunk, the routine testing of idle trunks is interrupted. The identity of the idle trunk under test is stored, and the test multiple is seized to connect the busy trunk exhibiting the predetermined supervisory states to the test multiple so that call signalling appearing on its transmission path conductors may be monitored. The connection of the transmission path monitoring apparatus is thus restricted to only …

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  • Granted January 15, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 15, 1997.
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GrantedJanuary 15, 1980
Term endedJanuary 15, 1997
Patent numberCA 1070005 A
Classification (IPC)H04M3/28 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJan 15, 1980Term endedJan 15, 1997

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