Public switched telephone network access to public data network
CA 2104083 C · Owner: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · Inventors: Delss, Lawrence A.; Montgomery, Robert H.
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A system and method for providing Feature group B or Feature Group D access to the public data network for effecting point of sale transactions such as credit card authorization. The credit card authorization device includes a modem and auto-dialing mechanism which is connected by a station line to an originating central office switch. The originating central office switch is connected via Feature Group B or Feature Group D trunks to a designated destination central office including a stored program control (SPC) switch. The destination central office is a functioning central office connected to other central offices by non-Feature Group trunks. The Feature Group trunks are connected by the …
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- Filed August 13, 1993 and granted May 11, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2013.
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