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Communication apparatus

CA 2255295 C · Owner: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · Inventors: Watanabe, Takashi

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Abbreviated dial number table and special number table are provided in external memory in control unit of digital button telephone system. For each of abbreviated dial numbers, the abbreviated dial number table stores a destination phone number prefixed with a special number concerning whether notice of a call originating party identification number should be permitted. For each of destination identification numbers, the special number table stores the special number. At call origination, it is determined whether dial data is an identification number of destination or an abbreviated dial number. If the dial data is an abbreviated dial number, reference to the abbreviated dial number table …

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  • Filed December 8, 1998 and granted March 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 8, 2018.
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FiledDecember 8, 1998
GrantedMarch 26, 2002
Term endedDecember 8, 2018
Patent numberCA 2255295 C
Classification (IPC)H04M1/26 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedDec 8, 1998Patent grantedMarch 26, 2002Term endedDec 8, 2018

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