Autodialer with pin feature

• US 5,343,519 A
• Filed: 09/07/1993
• Issued: 08/30/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Connectech, LLC
• Original Assignee: Peter Feldman
• Inventors: Feldman, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAINT SURIN, JACQUES M
• Application Number:
  US08/117,893
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 379/354, 379/355, 379/357
• US Class Current: 379/357.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/903 Password

Abstract

An autodialer with code feature, has a credit card sized carrier which contains; an audio transducer mounted to the carrier and activatable to produce tones that are comprehensible as discreet numerals and symbols by a touch-tone dialing system. A memory in the carrier stores a first sequence of numbers representing a telephone number and a second sequence of numbers representing a personal code. A control operatively connected to the memory and to the audio transducer, reads the first and second sequence of numbers and drives the audio transducer to generate tones corresponding to each number in each number sequence. A power supply mounted in the carrier is connected to the control, the memory and audio transducer for powering the control, memory and audio transducer. A first activator switch is connect to the control for controlling the control to read the first sequence of numbers only and generate tones in the audio transducer corresponding to the first sequence of numbers. A second activator switch spaced and separator from said first activator switch, is connected to the control for controlling the control to select the second sequence of numbers only and to activate the audio transducer according to the second sequence of numbers.

Claims

1. An autodialer assembly for accessing a special exchange comprising;

a credit card sized carrier;

an audio transducer mounted to the carrier and activatable to produce tones that are comprehensible as discreet numerals and symbols by a touch-tone dialing system;

memory means in said carrier for storing at least a first sequence of numbers representing a telephone number of a special exchange and a second sequence of numbers representing a personal code;

control means operatively connected to said memory means and to said audio transducer for reading said first and second sequence of numbers and for driving said audio transducer to generate tones corresponding to each number in each number sequence;

a power supply mounted in said carrier and connected to said control means, said memory means and said audio transducer for powering said control means, memory means and audio transducer;

a first activator switch connected to said control means for controlling said control means to read said first sequence of numbers only and generate tones in the audio transducer corresponding to the first sequence of numbers;

a second activator switch spaced and separator from said first activator switch, said second activator switch being connected to said control means for controlling the control means to select the second sequence of numbers only and to activate the audio transducer according to the second sequence of numbers;

a carrier connector connected to the memory and control means for programming the memory with the first and second sequence of numbers; and

a central programming station including a multiplicity of station connectors each connectable to the carrier connector of a separate carrier for programming all of the memories with the same first sequence numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the special exchange, and with second sequences of numbers corresponding to unique personal codes each identifiable with a separate and distinct user having an account at the special exchange.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power supply includes at least one battery and at least one photo cell.