Telephone set of distinctive ringing type wherein pattern of telephone number call signal is registered for determination of telephone number being called

A telephone set of distinctive ringing type of a called party capable of effecting telephone communication with a remote calling party calling one of a plurality of telephone numbers of said telephone set, said plurality of telephone numbers being called by respective call signals having respective different patterns, said telephone set comprising:

• a first pattern data memory for storing pattern data representative of the patterns of said call signals which call said plurality of telephone numbers;
• a second pattern data memory for storing the pattern data representative of the pattern of each of at least one of said call signals, which pattern data are used to determine the telephone number being called by a currently received call signal;
• operator-controlled mode setting means for establishing a registering mode in which said pattern data representative of the pattern of said each of said at least one call signal are stored in said second pattern data memory;
• operator-controlled data input means, operable in said registering mode, for designating one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
• pattern registering means, operable in said registering mode, for registering the pattern designated by said operator-controlled data input means, in said second pattern data memory in relation to the corresponding telephone number;
• recording means, operable in said registering mode, for producing a hard copy of the designated one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
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• pattern determining means, operable when said telephone set is not placed in said registering mode, for comparing the pattern of the received call signal with each pattern represented by said pattern data stored in said second pattern data memory, and thereby determining the telephone number being called by the actually received call signal.

A telephone set of distinctive ringing type of a called party capable of effecting telephone communication with a remote calling party calling one of a plurality of telephone numbers of said telephone set, said plurality of telephone numbers being called by respective call signals having respective different patterns, said telephone set comprising:

• a first pattern data memory for storing pattern data representative of the patterns of said call signals which call said plurality of telephone numbers;
• a second pattern data memory for storing the pattern data representative of the pattern of each of at least one of said call signals, which pattern data are used to determine the telephone number being called by a currently received call signal;
• operator-controlled mode setting means for establishing a registering mode in which said pattern data representative of the pattern of said each of said at least one call signal are stored in said second pattern data memory;
• operator-controlled data input means, operable in said registering mode, for designating one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
• pattern registering means, operable in said registering mode, for registering the pattern designated by said operator-controlled data input means, in said second pattern data memory in relation to the corresponding telephone number;
• display means, operable in said registering mode, for providing an indication specifying the designated one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
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• pattern determining means, operable when said telephone set is not placed in said registering mode, for comparing the pattern of the received call signal with each pattern represented by said pattern data stored in said second pattern data memory, and thereby determining the telephone number being called by the actually received call signal.

A telephone set of distinctive ringing type of a called party capable of effecting telephone communication with a remote calling party calling one of a plurality of telephone numbers of said telephone set, said plurality of telephone numbers being called by respective call signals having respective different patterns, said telephone set comprising:

• a first pattern data memory for storing pattern data representative of the patterns of said call signals which call said plurality of telephone numbers;
• a second pattern data memory for storing the pattern data representative of the pattern of each of at least one of said call signals, which pattern data are used to determine the telephone number being called by a currently received call signal;
• operator-controlled mode setting means for establishing a registering mode in which said pattern data representative of the pattern of said each of said at least one call signal are stored in said second pattern data memory;
• operator-controlled data input means, operable in said registering mode, for designating one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
• first pattern indicating means, operable in said registering mode, for providing an indication of the pattern of the call signal received from said remote calling party;
• second pattern indicating means, operable in said registering mode, for providing an indication of the designated one of said patterns of said call signals stored in said first pattern data memory;
• pattern registering means, operable in said registering mode, for registering the pattern designated by said operator-controlled data input means, in said second pattern data memory in relation to the corresponding telephone number, said operator-controlled data input means being operated by an operator of the telephone set, on the basis of said indications provided by said first and second pattern indicating means;
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• pattern determining means, operable when said telephone set is not placed in said registering mode, for comparing the pattern of the received call signal with each pattern represented by said pattern data stored in said second pattern data memory, and thereby determining the telephone number being called by the actually received call signal.