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Telephone with minimal switches for dialing

  • US 5,677,949 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1994
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for providing dialing on a telephone, comprising:

  • memory for storing information;

    means for displaying a sequence of one digit numbers;

    means for highlighting individual ones of the displayed one digit numbers under control of a user of the telephone;

    means for selecting individually the highlighted ones of the one digit numbers under control of the user of the telephone;

    means for forming the selected highlighted ones of the one digit numbers into a telephone number in the memory where the telephone number is being stored;

    the means for displaying further displays the formed telephone number;

    means for placing a telephone call to the formed telephone number under control of the user of the telephone;

    a first switch having three pairs of contacts and second switch having one pair of contacts and the means for highlighting comprises means for scrolling the highlighting from a higher one of the one digit numbers to a lower one or the one digit numbers in response to the user actuating a first pair of contacts of the first switch;

    means for scrolling the highlighting from a lower one of the one digit numbers to a higher one of the one digit numbers in response to the user actuating a second pair of contacts of the first switch; and

    the means for selecting comprises means for designating the highlighted one of the one digit numbers in response to the user actuating the pair of contacts of the second switch.

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