TELEPHONE LINE DIALER AND EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A dialer for making outgoing call, comprising:
- a housing; and
a communications unit arranged in said housing and coupled to the telephone line,said communications unit including a microprocessor arranged to;
receive a command to initiate an outgoing call on the telephone line to a telephone number,without first detecting a dial tone, delay dialing of the telephone number for a period of time to assure that the outgoing call can be made on the telephone line, andthen dial the telephone number after the delay.
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Abstract
Emergency call system by which a caller can automatically call other parties to leave an emergency message, includes an emergency call unit having a memory for storing telephone numbers to be called and the emergency message, an emergency key, and a microprocessor for controlling storage of the numbers and emergency message in the memory, setting each number to be dialed in sequence, delay dialing of each number for a period of time (without first detecting a dial tone) to assure that an outgoing call can be made on the telephone line, and dialing the numbers in sequence upon activation or the emergency key. The emergency call unit starts a transmission of the emergency message to the dialed number to automatically advise of an emergency after a predetermined time after the number has been dialed and no busy signal has been detected during a predetermined time period.
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1. A dialer for making outgoing call, comprising:
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a housing; and a communications unit arranged in said housing and coupled to the telephone line, said communications unit including a microprocessor arranged to; receive a command to initiate an outgoing call on the telephone line to a telephone number, without first detecting a dial tone, delay dialing of the telephone number for a period of time to assure that the outgoing call can be made on the telephone line, and then dial the telephone number after the delay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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