Personal-servicing communication system
AssigneeNippon Communication Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorTadahiko Akiyama
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Abstract
A communication system offering specific services to specific persons bears a portable memory device with a record of personal information such as the bearer's identification number, class of service, personal data, etc. In making a call, the bearer of the memory device puts it on a communication terminal device and the terminal device reads out the personal information, which is transferred to a data processor such as a central processor in the exchange so that a service specific to the calling person is rendered.
Claims6
A personal-servicing communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminal devices and a portable memory device for memorizing personal data to control said communication terminal devices, wherein, each of said plurality of communication terminal devices comprises:
- at least one multi-purpose keyboard having keys whose functions are controlled by software;
- indication means positioned near the keys of said multi-purpose keyboard for indicating respective character code information for respective keys;
- means for reading out said personal data from said portable memory device;
- memory means for storing personal data read out from said portable memory device;
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- means, responsive to said personal data stored in said memory means, for setting keys of said multi-purpose keyboard to a condition for effecting a communication connection specific to said personal data under software control and for controlling said indication means to indicate respective character code information for respective keys related to a respective communication connection condition for which the respective keys are set.
A personal-servicing communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminal devices and a portable memory device for memorizing personal data to control said communication terminal devices, wherein each of said plurality of communication terminal devices comprises:
- at least one multi-purpose keyboard having keys whose functions are controlled by software;
- indication means for indicating respective character code information for respective keys;
- means for reading out said personal data from said portable memory device;
- memory means for storing personal data read out from said portable memory device;
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- means, responsive to said personal data stored in said memory means, for setting keys of said multi-purpose keyboard to a condition for effecting automatic dialing based on said personal data under software control and for controlling said indication means to indicate respective character code information to identify a called party for respective keys related to said automatic dialing for which the respective keys are set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.