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AssigneeDigital Equipment Corporation
InventorsDennis R. Blanchard, Edward A. Bruckert, David G. Conroy, Richard D. Ellison, Anthony J. Vitale
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36 Telephone interface option module circuit for interfacing an electronic device to a telephone network. Most electronic devices, for example, modems, telephone message systems and text-to-speech systems, when coupled to a telephone network must conform to specific telephone interconnect regulations. These regulations generally vary from country to country, and therefore, the electronic device generally has to be modified to conform to a specific countries telephone regulations. The option module circuit contains the country specific telephone regulations, and when plugged into the electronic device, ensures that the electronic device conforms to those regulations.
A telephone line interface option module for coupling an electronic main module to a telephone line of a telephone network, wherein data transmission onto said telephone line is subject to a set of telephone interconnect regulations, said option module comprising:
A method for coupling an electronic main module to a telephone line of a telephone network, comprising the following steps:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.