Remote telephone ringer controller
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1. A remote telephone ring controller, comprising:
- a ring blocker component having a ring block mode for blocking a ring signal from being received at a telephone connected to a telephone line via the ring blocker without answering a call and without blocking the ring signal to any other telephone connected to said telephone line, the ring blocker further including a pass through mode for passing through the ring signal; and
a ring controller component coupled to the ring blocker for receiving a remote command sent from said any other telephone while it is off-hook and for setting the ring blocker to a ring block mode or a pass through mode depending upon the remote command.
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Abstract
A device (FIG. 1, item 110), which may be remotely controlled, inserted between a telephone (FIG. 1, item 100) and a telephone line (FIG. 1, item 120) that controls the telephone'"'"'s ringer to silence it or not, to cause it to ring in a different manner to signal an event other than an incoming telephone call (FIG. 1, item 140), and/or to signal another device (FIG. 1, item 130) to indicate an incoming call.
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1. A remote telephone ring controller, comprising:
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a ring blocker component having a ring block mode for blocking a ring signal from being received at a telephone connected to a telephone line via the ring blocker without answering a call and without blocking the ring signal to any other telephone connected to said telephone line, the ring blocker further including a pass through mode for passing through the ring signal; and a ring controller component coupled to the ring blocker for receiving a remote command sent from said any other telephone while it is off-hook and for setting the ring blocker to a ring block mode or a pass through mode depending upon the remote command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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