Branched telephone system
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1. A branched telephone system having a plurality of telephones which are connected to equipment, comprising:
- priority setting means responsive to a control signal for establishing a priority set condition in which a particular one of said plurality of telephones is usable and with the other of said plurality of telephones being invalidated in function, said plurality of telephones being usable during conditions other than when said particular one telephone is in said priority set condition;
switch means for manually generating said control signal; and
priority cancelling means for cancelling said priority set condition by detecting a change in an on-hook/off-hook condition of said particular telephone.
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Abstract
A branched telephone system having a plurality of telephones which are connected to a single subscriber line or to single radio apparatus functions to establish a priority set condition in which the communicating function of particular one of the telephones is validated to prevent the other telephones from being used, and further includes the function of automatically cancelling such a priority set condition.
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1. A branched telephone system having a plurality of telephones which are connected to equipment, comprising:
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priority setting means responsive to a control signal for establishing a priority set condition in which a particular one of said plurality of telephones is usable and with the other of said plurality of telephones being invalidated in function, said plurality of telephones being usable during conditions other than when said particular one telephone is in said priority set condition; switch means for manually generating said control signal; and priority cancelling means for cancelling said priority set condition by detecting a change in an on-hook/off-hook condition of said particular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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