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Point-of-sale system for programming a cellular telephone with its assigned telephone number

  • US 5,465,288 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1993
  • Issued: 11/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for point-of-sale programming a selected one of a plurality of types and models of cellular telephones, each type or model of telephone requiring programming by a specific set of command signals for controlling the telephone and a specific set of data signals to be stored in the telephone including data defining a telephone number to be assigned to the telephone, said data signals for programming the telephone for operation as part of a cellular telephone system, each telephone having a programming port through which data may be transferred by data signals and through which the telephone may be controlled by command signals, said system comprising:

  • a point-of-sale computer having an I/O port and including;

    a database storing sets of command information and data information including the assigned telephone number, each set for programming a particular one of the plurality of cellular telephones;

    means for identifying the particular set of command and data information in the database required for programming the selected cellular telephone; and

    interface driver software for sending information via the I/O port corresponding to the particular set of command and data information;

    interface means connected to the I/O port and having a telephone interface port, for sending via the telephone interface port the specific set of command signals and data signals corresponding to the information provided by the computer via the I/O port; and

    means for providing the specific set of command signals and data signals to the programming port of the selected cellular telephone via the telephone interface port thereby providing the specific set of command signals and data signals via the programming port to the selected cellular telephone for programming it with the assigned telephone number.

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