Telephone Communication System and Method of Using
OwnerPaul Newmaninventor
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Abstract
A telephone communication system has at least two telephones and each telephone may be placed in activated mode or in the alternative, stand-by mode such that in stand-by mode a phone is incapable of making or receiving a call until or unless switched to active mode. The system includes a switch configured to activate one of the telephone to be an active mode telephone such that all remaining telephones are on standby mode prior to making an outgoing call or taking an incoming call. The system is configured such that a standby telephone may be switched to active mode during a telephone call on-the-fly.
Claims29
A telephone communication system comprising:
- a group of N telephones where N is at least two, each of said N telephones configured to be placed in activated mode and alternatively in stand-by mode such that in stand-by mode a telephone is incapable of placing or receiving a call unless switched to active mode;
- each of said N telephones associated with a switch;
- said switch configured to activate one of said N telephones to be an active mode telephone such that all remaining N−1 telephones are on standby mode prior to making an outgoing call or taking an incoming call;
- and
- at least one of said standby telephones configured such that it may be switched to active mode during a telephone call.
A telephone communication system comprising:
- at least two telephones associated as a group where each of said telephones has at least one common attribute other than having an identical calling number, each of said at least two telephones configured to be placed in active mode and alternatively in stand-by mode such that in stand-by mode a telephone is incapable of placing or receiving a call unless switched to active mode and such that in active mode a telephone is the only telephone of said group capable of receiving or placing a call, where only one of said at least two telephones may be in active mode.
A telephone system comprising:
- at least two telephones, each of said phones configured to be placed in either active mode or standby mode;
- and
- a switch operable with a personal identification number associated with at least one of said at least two telephones to switch said at least one of said two telephones between a standby mode and an active mode prior to making an outgoing call or taking an incoming call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.