Telephone system/paging system interface
First Claim
1. An apparatus for interfacing a telephone system having a central processor and a plurality of telephone extension lines operatively connected to said central processor to at least one pager transmitter, said apparatus comprising:
- for each pager transmitter, an interface circuit connected to one of said telephone extension lines, and to one of said pager transmitters, said interface circuit having;
(a) detection means to detect activation of a telephone extension line connected to said interface circuit and for providing an output indicative of activation; and
(b) paging transmitter activation means responsive to the output of said detection means for activating one of the pager transmitters.
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Abstract
An apparatus for interfacing a telephone system having a central processor and a plurality of telephone extension lines operatively connected to the central processor to at least one pager transmitter. For each pager transmitter there is an interface circuit which is connected to one of the telephone extension lines and to one of the pager transmitters. The interface circuit includes a ring signal detector to detect activation of the telephone extension line connected thereto and for providing an output indicative of the activation. The interface circuit further includes a pager transmitter activator responsive to the output of the detector means for activating one of the pager transmitters.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for interfacing a telephone system having a central processor and a plurality of telephone extension lines operatively connected to said central processor to at least one pager transmitter, said apparatus comprising:
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for each pager transmitter, an interface circuit connected to one of said telephone extension lines, and to one of said pager transmitters, said interface circuit having; (a) detection means to detect activation of a telephone extension line connected to said interface circuit and for providing an output indicative of activation; and (b) paging transmitter activation means responsive to the output of said detection means for activating one of the pager transmitters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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