Text teletype writer with caller identification function
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1. A telecommunication device for the hearing impaired for connection to a telephone network for receipt of incoming calls from a call-originator, and for placement of outgoing calls, comprising:
- a. a keyboard for entering outgoing messages;
b. an acoustic coupling member for acoustically coupling with a telephone handset;
c. a signal generator for generating communication tones through said acoustic coupling member corresponding to outgoing messages;
d. a signal receiver for receiving tones through said acoustic coupling member corresponding to incoming messages;
e. a visual display for displaying said incoming and outgoing messages;
f. a microprocessor operating in accordance with program instructions for;
1. receiving input from said keyboard;
2. controlling operation of said signal generator;
3. receiving incoming messages from said signal receiver; and
4. displaying incoming and outgoing messages;
g. a line coupling member for electrically coupling said telecommunication device to a telephone line and for receiving a TIP signal and a RING signal;
h. a telephone line interface for signal processing of said TIP and RING signals;
i. a caller identification decoder for;
1. receiving processed TIP and RING signals from said telephone line interface;
2. detecting at least one RING signal;
3. receiving automatically coded caller identification signals from said telephone network between particular ring signals;
4. decoding from said coded caller identification signal at least one of (1) a telephone number associated with telephone service of said call-originator, and (2) identifying information associated with telephone service of said call originator; and
5. passing decoded caller identification information to said microprocessor; and
j. wherein said decoded caller identification information is processed by said microprocessor and displayed on said visual display.
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A text teletype writer (TTY) is provided for receiving, processing, and displaying caller identification information in a visual display. A call back function is included to allow for automatic DTMF dialing of a telephone number associated with a previously received call.
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1. A telecommunication device for the hearing impaired for connection to a telephone network for receipt of incoming calls from a call-originator, and for placement of outgoing calls, comprising:
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a. a keyboard for entering outgoing messages; b. an acoustic coupling member for acoustically coupling with a telephone handset; c. a signal generator for generating communication tones through said acoustic coupling member corresponding to outgoing messages; d. a signal receiver for receiving tones through said acoustic coupling member corresponding to incoming messages; e. a visual display for displaying said incoming and outgoing messages; f. a microprocessor operating in accordance with program instructions for; 1. receiving input from said keyboard; 2. controlling operation of said signal generator; 3. receiving incoming messages from said signal receiver; and 4. displaying incoming and outgoing messages; g. a line coupling member for electrically coupling said telecommunication device to a telephone line and for receiving a TIP signal and a RING signal; h. a telephone line interface for signal processing of said TIP and RING signals; i. a caller identification decoder for; 1. receiving processed TIP and RING signals from said telephone line interface; 2. detecting at least one RING signal; 3. receiving automatically coded caller identification signals from said telephone network between particular ring signals; 4. decoding from said coded caller identification signal at least one of (1) a telephone number associated with telephone service of said call-originator, and (2) identifying information associated with telephone service of said call originator; and 5. passing decoded caller identification information to said microprocessor; and j. wherein said decoded caller identification information is processed by said microprocessor and displayed on said visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunication device for the hearing impaired for connection to a telephone network for receipt of incoming calls from a call-originator, and for placement of outgoing calls, comprising:
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a. a keyboard for entering textual messages; b. an acoustic coupling member for acoustically coupling with a telephone handset; c. a signal generator for generating at least one of (1) ASCII characters, and (2) Baudot tones through said acoustic coupling member; d. a signal receiver for receiving at least of (1) ASCII characters and (2) Baudot tones through said acoustic coupling; e. a visual display for displaying incoming and outgoing messages; f. a microprocessor operating in accordance with program instructions for; 1. receiving input from said keyboard; 2. controlling operation of said signal generator; 3. receiving incoming messages from said signal receiver; and 4. displaying incoming and outgoing messages; g. a line coupling member for electrically coupling said telecommunication device to a telephone line and for receiving a TIP signal and a RING signal; h. a telephone line interface for signal processing of said TIP and RING signals; i. a caller identification decoder for; 1. receiving processed TIP and RING signals from said telephone line interface; 2. detecting a first RING signal; 3. receiving automatically coded caller identification signals after said first RING signal from said telephone network between particular ring signals; 4. decoding said from coded caller identification signal at least one of (1) a telephone number associated with telephone service of said call-originator, and (2) identifying information associated with telephone service of said call originator; and 5. passing decoded caller identification information to said microprocessor; and j. wherein said decoded caller identification information is processed by said microprocessor and displayed on said visual display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunication device for the deaf comprising for connection to a telephone network for receipt of incoming calls from a call-originator, and for placement of outgoing calls:
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a. a keyboard; b. a visually readable display; c. a microprocessor operating in accordance with a program code and connected to accept input data characters from the keyboard and to present data characters on the display; d. an analog input circuit adapted to being connected to a telephone line so as to be responsive to the reception of Baudot tones over the telephone line and also connected to the microprocessor so as to provide a digital input to the microprocessor of the data received over the telephone line; e. an analog output line adapted to being connected to the telephone line so as to be capable of presenting Baudot tones over the telephone line and also connected to receive data from the microprocessor and transmit Baudot tones encoding such data over the telephone line; and f. a line coupling member for electrically coupling said telecommunication device to a telephone line and for receiving a TIP signal and a RING signal; g. a telephone line interface for interface for signal processing of said TIP and RING signals; h. a caller identification decoder for; 1. receiving processed TIP and RING signals from said telephone line interface; 2. detecting a first RING signal; 3. receiving automatically coded caller identification signals after said first RING signal from said telephone network between particular ring signals; 4. decoding from said coded caller identification signal at least one of (1) a telephone number associated with telephone service of said call-originator, and (2) identifying information associated with telephone service of said call originator; and 5. passing decoded caller identification information to said miniprocessor. i. a memory device connected to the microprocessor containing the program code for operation of the microprocessor to control operation of the telecommunications device to generally (i) receive data entered from the keyboard, (ii) present entered data from the keyboard on the analog output line;
(iii) receive input data from the analog input line;
(iv) display data from both the keyboard and the input analog line on the display; and
(v) display decoded caller identification information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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