Cordless Telephone system
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1. A cordless telephone system including a single base station and a plurality of mobile stations which are connectable to the base station over a radio link:
- said mobile stations each being provided with an identification code which is different from indentification codes assigned to the other mobile stations, said identification code being indicative of a master-slave relationship of said mobile station to the other mobile stations and a particular priority order of said mobile station with respect to reception of a telephone call;
said base station being constructed to determine whether any of the mobile stations which has originated a telephone call is a master mobile station or a slave mobile station referencing the identification code assigned to said particular mobile station and, if said mobile station is a master station, connect said mobile station to a subscriber'"'"'s line to allow dial signals to be transmitted and, if said mobile station is a slave station, inhibit transmission of dial signals although connecting the mobile station to the subscriber'"'"'s line;
said base station being further constructed to, at the time of reception of a telephone call, transmit control signals sequentially to the mobile stations on a time division basis according to the order of priority;
whereby the master mobile station is capable of originating and receiving a telephone call, while each of the slave mobile stations is capable of only receiving a telephone call.
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A cordless telephone system which is capable of connecting a plurality of mobile stations to a single base station over a radio link is disclosed. The mobile stations are classified into a master and slaves. While the master mobile station is capable of originating and receiving a telephone call, the other or slave mobile stations are only capable of receiving a telephone call.
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1. A cordless telephone system including a single base station and a plurality of mobile stations which are connectable to the base station over a radio link:
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said mobile stations each being provided with an identification code which is different from indentification codes assigned to the other mobile stations, said identification code being indicative of a master-slave relationship of said mobile station to the other mobile stations and a particular priority order of said mobile station with respect to reception of a telephone call; said base station being constructed to determine whether any of the mobile stations which has originated a telephone call is a master mobile station or a slave mobile station referencing the identification code assigned to said particular mobile station and, if said mobile station is a master station, connect said mobile station to a subscriber'"'"'s line to allow dial signals to be transmitted and, if said mobile station is a slave station, inhibit transmission of dial signals although connecting the mobile station to the subscriber'"'"'s line; said base station being further constructed to, at the time of reception of a telephone call, transmit control signals sequentially to the mobile stations on a time division basis according to the order of priority; whereby the master mobile station is capable of originating and receiving a telephone call, while each of the slave mobile stations is capable of only receiving a telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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