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Automatic telephone dialer system with printed storage

  • US 5,144,654 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1991
  • Issued: 09/01/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic telephone dialer system for use with a telephone which can have an on-hook or off-hook status, comprising:

  • (a) printed storage means for storing at least one telephone number in a printed format, whereby said printed storage means can be easily filed and duplicated,(b) reading means for reading said printed storage means and converting said telephone number into a telephone-number-representative electrical signal,(c) processor means for processing said electrical signal into a signal suitable for dialing a telephone,(d) interface means for interfacing said processor means to a telephone line,(e) sensor means for sensing whether said telephone has an on-hook or off-hook status,(f) means for connecting said sensor means to said processor means so that the phone number read by said reading means is not dialed by said processor means until said sensor means senses that said telephone has an off-hook status,(g) memory means for storing a plurality of phone numbers in response to said telephone-number-representative electrical signal from said reading means, such that said phone numbers in said memory means have a sequence of storage, and that said telephone-number-representative electrical signal from said reading means has a sequence of reading, such that said sequence of storage and said sequence of reading are identical,(h) means for connecting said memory means to said processor means so that one of said phone numbers in said memory means is dialed by said processor means each time said telephone makes an on-hook to off-hook transition, such that said phone numbers dialed by said processor means have a sequence of dialing which is identical to said sequence of storage and said sequence of reading, and(i) reset switch means connected to said processor means so that upon activation of said reset switch means, all phone numbers are deleted from said memory means.

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