Telephone signal recording methods and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of recording an audio signal at a telephone set having a housing and a handset connected to a first modular jack in said housing via a handset cord having at an end thereof a first modular plug fitting into said first modular jack, comprising in combination the steps of:
- providing a second modular plug fitting into said first modular jack;
providing a second modular jack for receiving said first modular plug;
providing an electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug;
inserting said second modular plug into said first modular jack and said first modular plug into said second modular jack;
tapping said audio signal from said electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug; and
recording said tapped audio signal.
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Abstract
Disclosed audio signal recording methods and apparatus operate with a telephone set having a housing and a handset connected to a first modular jack in the housing via a handset cord having at an end thereof a first modular plug fitting into the first modular jack. For audio signal tapping purposes, there is provided a second modular plug fitting into the first modular jack, a second modular jack for receiving the first modular plug, and an electrical interconnection of the second modular jack with the second modular plug. The second modular plug is inserted into the first modular jack and the first modular plug into the second modular jack. Audio signals are tapped from the electrical interconnection of the second modular jack with the second modular plug and are recorded.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of recording an audio signal at a telephone set having a housing and a handset connected to a first modular jack in said housing via a handset cord having at an end thereof a first modular plug fitting into said first modular jack, comprising in combination the steps of:
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providing a second modular plug fitting into said first modular jack; providing a second modular jack for receiving said first modular plug; providing an electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug; inserting said second modular plug into said first modular jack and said first modular plug into said second modular jack; tapping said audio signal from said electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug; and recording said tapped audio signal. - 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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21. Apparatus for recording an audio signal at a telephone set having a housing and a handset connected to a first modular jack in said housing via a handset cord having at an end thereof a first modular plug fitted into said first modular jack, comprising in combination:
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a second modular plug fitting into said first modular jack; a second modular jack for receiving said first modular plug; an electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug; means connected to said interconnection for tapping said audio signal from said electrical interconnection of said second modular jack with said second modular plug; and means connected to said tapping means for recording said tapped audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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