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Key telephone station set circuit

CA 1096521 A · Owner: Western Electric Company, Incorporated · Inventors: Underhill, Edward W.; Whitcomb, James A.; Huizinga, Donald D.

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Abstract of the Disclosure An electronic key telephone station set includes a plurality of nonlocking line selection buttons. Adjacent each button is a pair of light emitting diode lamps one for, indicating which line selection button has been actuated and one for indicating which ones of other lines having an appearance on the station set are in use. Digital data coupled to and from the station set control the activation of the indicating lamps as well as the type of alerting signal generated to indicate an incoming call. Numerous other features may be advantageously implemented under data stream control.

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  • Granted February 24, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 24, 1998.
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FiledOctober 25, 1977
GrantedFebruary 24, 1981
Term endedFebruary 24, 1998
Patent numberCA 1096521 A
Classification (IPC)H04Q5/18 +1 more

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1978198119841987199019931996Application filedOct 25, 1977Patent grantedFeb 24, 1981Term endedFeb 24, 1998

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