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Semi-automated operator assistance telecommunication calls

CA 2020240 C · Owner: Dorst, Gary Lewis · Inventors: Pope, Francis Joseph, Iii; Dorst, Gary Lewis

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An operator assistance call handling arrangement is disclosed featuring the use of an intelligent telecommunications station (intelligent phone) for the collection and transmission of call data to an operator assistance system for setting up a call without the intervention of an operator. The intelligent phone is equipped to handle CCITT (International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph) standard Layer 3 (Q.931) call control messages defined for message associated user-to-user information (MA-UUI). The operator assistance system is part of a central telephone office switching system, and is connected to the intelligent phone via an integrated services digital network (ISDN) …

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  • Filed June 29, 1990 and granted May 24, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 2010.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 29, 2012.
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FiledJune 29, 1990
GrantedMay 24, 1994
Term endedJune 29, 2010
Patent numberCA 2020240 C
Classification (IPC)H04M3/42 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 29, 1990Patent grantedMay 24, 1994Term endedJune 29, 2010

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