Additional system for automatic information reception terminal device utilizing telephone circuit
First Claim
1. An additional system for an automatic information reception terminal device utilizing a telephone circuit, comprising:
- an automatic telephone answering apparatus connected in parallel with a telephone set connected to a public telephone circuit;
a remote control circuit, connected to said public telephone circuit, for receiving a remote control signal and generating an output;
ringing signal generating means, operated in response to the output from said remote control circuit, for generating and supplying to said terminal device a signal identical or similar to a telephone ringing signal;
relay means reponsive to the output from said remote control circuit, and for switching an input supplied to said terminal device from said ringing signal generating means to said public telephone circuit and disconnected said automatic telephone answering device from said public telephone circuit; and
means for resetting said relay means.
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Abstract
A system is added to a terminal device for automatically responding to a ringing signal of a telephone set and receiving information. Upon reception of an incoming call, an automatic telephone answering apparatus is started to send an outgoing message to a calling party. Thereafter, in response to a remote control signal supplied from the calling party, a ringing signal generating circuit is operated to generate the same signal as the ringing signal of the telephone set. The system to be connected to the telephone circuit independently can be operated without being modified, and the terminal device is started in response to the ringing signal generating circuit, so that the terminal device is connected to the telephone circuit to receive information.
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9 Claims
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1. An additional system for an automatic information reception terminal device utilizing a telephone circuit, comprising:
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an automatic telephone answering apparatus connected in parallel with a telephone set connected to a public telephone circuit; a remote control circuit, connected to said public telephone circuit, for receiving a remote control signal and generating an output; ringing signal generating means, operated in response to the output from said remote control circuit, for generating and supplying to said terminal device a signal identical or similar to a telephone ringing signal; relay means reponsive to the output from said remote control circuit, and for switching an input supplied to said terminal device from said ringing signal generating means to said public telephone circuit and disconnected said automatic telephone answering device from said public telephone circuit; and means for resetting said relay means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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