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Toshiba Corp
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A telephone device and method for preventing an illegal use of a telephone. A card reader for reading control information recorded on a card-like recording medium is provided in the telephone. The recording medium is inserted in the card reader and predetermined control information is keyed into the telephone from the dial key pad unit of the telephone. Only when the control information input from the dial key pad unit has coincided with the control information on the recording medium read by the card reader, a predetermined speech function of the telephone is enabled.
CA 20118421989-03-101990-03-09Telephone device and method of controlling same
Expired - LifetimeCA2011842C
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Recording/reproduction apparatus and methods, input/output apparatus and methods, storage apparatus, transmission apparatus, and information processing apparatus and methods