Self-dialing telephone directory
First Claim
1. An apparatus for automatically dialing a telephone number comprising:
- an attached telephone directory with a plurality of pages that can accommodate photographs, names, or other memory cue information, and wherein each page of said plurality of pages has a built-in marker to uniquely identify each page;
a first circuit capable of detecting the built-in page marker;
a second circuit capable of receiving and storing a series of telephone numbers;
a third circuit capable of dialing a telephone number;
a first button that when pushed initiates the dialing of a telephone number;
a second button that when pushed starts the storage of a telephone number sequence;
a third button that when pushed ends the storage of a telephone number sequence;
a means of connecting to a telephone; and
a means of connecting to a telephone line service.
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Abstract
An apparatus intended for the elderly, handicapped, or very young, for automatically storing and dialing telephone numbers based on the selected page of an attached telephone directory. The telephone directory pages accommodate photos, names, or other memory cue information. The directory pages also incorporate specialized markers to uniquely identify each page so that a circuit capable of detecting the page markers is able to associate a telephone number with the particular page being viewed. In the preferred embodiment, telephone numbers are programmed into the apparatus by the user through the use of several memory buttons and an attached telephone. Once programmed, the user can turn to a desired page in the telephone directory and then place a call to the party being viewed by simply pressing a dial button.
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1. An apparatus for automatically dialing a telephone number comprising:
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an attached telephone directory with a plurality of pages that can accommodate photographs, names, or other memory cue information, and wherein each page of said plurality of pages has a built-in marker to uniquely identify each page;
a first circuit capable of detecting the built-in page marker;
a second circuit capable of receiving and storing a series of telephone numbers;
a third circuit capable of dialing a telephone number;
a first button that when pushed initiates the dialing of a telephone number;
a second button that when pushed starts the storage of a telephone number sequence;
a third button that when pushed ends the storage of a telephone number sequence;
a means of connecting to a telephone; and
a means of connecting to a telephone line service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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