GB2344249A - Fast dial telephone - Google Patents

Fast dial telephone Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2344249A
GB2344249A GB9826094A GB9826094A GB2344249A GB 2344249 A GB2344249 A GB 2344249A GB 9826094 A GB9826094 A GB 9826094A GB 9826094 A GB9826094 A GB 9826094A GB 2344249 A GB2344249 A GB 2344249A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
telephone
present
keypad
dialing
keyboard
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
GB9826094A
Other versions
GB9826094D0 (en
Inventor
Nathan Stuart Eakins
Veronica Anne Eakins
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
SERENDIPITY MARPLE Ltd
Original Assignee
SERENDIPITY MARPLE Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by SERENDIPITY MARPLE Ltd filed Critical SERENDIPITY MARPLE Ltd
Priority to GB9826094A priority Critical patent/GB2344249A/en
Publication of GB9826094D0 publication Critical patent/GB9826094D0/en
Priority to GB9925524A priority patent/GB2344250A/en
Publication of GB2344249A publication Critical patent/GB2344249A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J5/00—Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
    • B41J5/08—Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the typewriter type
    • B41J5/10—Arrangements of keyboards, e.g. key button disposition
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/21—Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/23—Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/66—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling
    • H04M1/677—Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers
    • H04M1/6775—Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers by providing access to preprogrammed keys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Telephone Set Structure (AREA)

Abstract

A fast dial telephone is a telephone with a keypad specifically designed to increase the speed and efficiency of telephone dialling. In the embodiment the key pad is set out in the calculator format.

Description

FAST DIAL TELEPHONE This invention relates to a fast dial telephone.
Telephones are well known devices which comprise a unit upon which, a receiver, microphone, means for reasonably connecting the unit to a communication services provider and a keypad are secured. Different types of telephones exist including mobile phones, cordless phones, analogue and digital phones, all of which fulfil the task of enabling communication over distances.
Telephones, however, are not efficient in the task of numerical input, hereby known as dialing, when compared to other numerical input devices.
According to the present invention there is provided a fast dial telephone comprising a unit upon which a receiver, microphone, means for reasonably connecting the unit to a communication services provider and a modified keypad are secured, the keypads modified configuration has been developed to enable the telephone user to dial faster and with more accuracy than with any existing telephone.
A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which : Figure one shows the modified keypad (the part of the article ringed in red.) in perspective.
Referring to the drawing, the part of the article ringed in red is used by the telephone user to dial telephone numbers with increased speed and accuracy.

Claims (6)

  1. CLAIMS 1 A fast dial telephone comprising a unit upon which a receiver, microphone, means for reasonably connecting the unit to a communication services provider and a modified keypad are secured.
    2 A fast dial telephone as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the shape, configuration and function of the part of the article ringed in red in Figure one is claimed.
    Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows CLAIMS 1. A fast dial telephone comprising a unit upon which a receiver, microphone, means for connection to a communication services provider and a modified keypad are secured.
  2. 2. A fast dial telephone as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the shape, configuration and function of the part of figure 1 ringed with the dotted line is claimed.
  3. 3. A fast dial telephone as claimed in Claim 1, where the layout of the keyboard provides improved functionality of the telephone by enabling the operator to dial telephone numbers quicker.
  4. 4. The present claim is distinguished from US4891777 in the following respects: * The Keypad in US4891777 has a different keypad configuration. The'0' key is in a different place and the input keys are purportedly configured ergonomically. The aim of the invention is for the keyboard to replicate a type writer function and consequently has a different functionality to the present claim.
    * US48917777 relates to a multifunction keypad and not to a dedicated, telephone keypad that has the intention of improving the speed of inputting telephone numbers as in the present claim.
    * The intention of the present claim is to improve functionality in part by providing uniformity of office keyboard layouts. As the keypad in US48917777 is not uniform to office keyboard layouts, it cannot do this.
  5. 5. The present claim is distinguished from US4870677 in the following respects: US4870677 is an invention providing the capability for various keyboard formats to be a provided to the telephone operator so that he can recall pre programmed telephone numbers in order to enable speed dialing of pre programme telephone numbers. The keypad is set up conventionally to enable normal telephone use. Mode buttons then enable the keypad to be utilised to access these pre-programmed numbers to dial them. The configuration of the keypad is not set up to improve the dialing functionality of the telephone in the conventional sense. This is precisely the aim of the present claim.
    US4870677 is not a dedicated, keypad that has the intention of improing the dialing functionality of the telephone by improving the speed of inputting telephone numbers as in the present claim.
    It is not a function of US4870677 to improve conventional dialing of the telephone by the fact that its key positions are exchangeable. The stated function of this is to enable high security dialing not improved dialing speed.
    The fact that the operator may chance upon the layout of the present claim when exchanging key positions is irrelevant. The improvement in dialing speed of the telephone, via this configuration, was not intended by the authors of US4870677. They make no claim to improve conventional dialing speed in this way. The author of the present claim, however, claims this very functionality.
  6. 6. The present claim is distinguished from US438162 in the following respects: US438162 is a mechanical adapter that facilitates the mechanical pressing of the conventional keyboard on a telephone. The present claim is for a dedicated electronic telephone keyboard in the configuration as illustrated in Figure 1.
    * US438162 is a mechanical adapter and is not a dedicated phone keyboard.
    The aim of US438162 is not to improve the speed functionality of dialing on the telephone whereas the present claim is.
    The aim of US438162 is to provide a different keyboard configuration, but not to improve the dialing speed functionality as in the present claim.
GB9826094A 1998-11-30 1998-11-30 Fast dial telephone Withdrawn GB2344249A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9826094A GB2344249A (en) 1998-11-30 1998-11-30 Fast dial telephone
GB9925524A GB2344250A (en) 1998-11-30 1999-10-29 Fast dial telephone and calculator

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9826094A GB2344249A (en) 1998-11-30 1998-11-30 Fast dial telephone

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB9826094D0 GB9826094D0 (en) 1999-01-20
GB2344249A true GB2344249A (en) 2000-05-31

Family

ID=10843231

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB9826094A Withdrawn GB2344249A (en) 1998-11-30 1998-11-30 Fast dial telephone
GB9925524A Withdrawn GB2344250A (en) 1998-11-30 1999-10-29 Fast dial telephone and calculator

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB9925524A Withdrawn GB2344250A (en) 1998-11-30 1999-10-29 Fast dial telephone and calculator

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (2) GB2344249A (en)

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4382162A (en) * 1981-05-26 1983-05-03 Metz Hugh J Calculator pushbutton format attachment for pushbutton telephones
US4870677A (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-09-26 Copytele, Inc. Data/facsimile telephone subset apparatus incorporating electrophoretic displays
US4891777A (en) * 1983-05-11 1990-01-02 The Laitram Corporation Single hand keyboard arrays providing alphanumeric capabilities from twelve keys

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3995123A (en) * 1974-01-09 1976-11-30 Wilson Charles H Telephone calculator
JPH05252247A (en) * 1992-03-04 1993-09-28 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Telephone set
JPH10257141A (en) * 1997-03-11 1998-09-25 Teruya:Kk Portable telephone set with function of electronic calculator
JPH10336301A (en) * 1997-05-29 1998-12-18 Toru Sugisaka Portable telephone set/phs incorporating electronic calculating function, button and panel

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4382162A (en) * 1981-05-26 1983-05-03 Metz Hugh J Calculator pushbutton format attachment for pushbutton telephones
US4891777A (en) * 1983-05-11 1990-01-02 The Laitram Corporation Single hand keyboard arrays providing alphanumeric capabilities from twelve keys
US4870677A (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-09-26 Copytele, Inc. Data/facsimile telephone subset apparatus incorporating electrophoretic displays

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2344250A (en) 2000-05-31
GB9925524D0 (en) 1999-12-29
GB9826094D0 (en) 1999-01-20

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1076442A2 (en) Communications device with touch sensitive screen
KR20090073256A (en) Docking station for mobile communication terminal for data exchange
CN201219276Y (en) Sliding closure type hand-held terminal device
CN105872223A (en) Dial plate one-hand operation method and dial plate one-hand operation apparatus
EP2031845A2 (en) Telephone apparatus
GB2344249A (en) Fast dial telephone
KR20030022556A (en) Method for automatically locking touch screen of personal digital assistant
CN1794845B (en) Mobile communication terminal for changing operation mode and method thereof
JPH0614092A (en) Portable telephone set
KR100622838B1 (en) Menu system for a radiotransmission apparatus
JPH02128564A (en) Personal computer with telephone set
KR200222224Y1 (en) Telephone combined with Keyboard
KR200165423Y1 (en) Key-board phone for the computer
JP2692597B2 (en) Electronic device with keyboard
KR200234509Y1 (en) Keyboard Combined With Telephone
JP2003289365A (en) Internet telephone set
KR200165444Y1 (en) Computer interface telephone
KR200204457Y1 (en) Computer key board telephone
KR200165424Y1 (en) Key-board phone for the computer
KR20000056443A (en) A keyboard having a telephone
KR200178732Y1 (en) Corded or cordless phone controlled by computer serial communication
JPH11143617A (en) Keyboard with built-in telephone set
CN201191865Y (en) Electronic communication device
CN2449282Y (en) Multi-function mouse pad
KR100272010B1 (en) How to automatically delete and add area code when speed dialing on a digital cordless phone

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
WAP Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1)