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There is disclosed a telephone subset which incorporates a high resolution electrophoretic display on the surface of a subset housing. The telephone subset includes a microprocessor which operates under the control of a mode selector. In this manner the display is employed to generate various keyboa

There is disclosed a telephone subset which incorporates a high resolution electrophoretic display on the surface of a subset housing. The telephone subset includes a microprocessor which operates under the control of a mode selector. In this manner the display is employed to generate various keyboard formats and operates in conjunction with a position sensitive overlay to enable a subscriber to place telephone calls in a conventional manner when the keyboard display is implemented on the electrophoretic display. The telephone subset in conjunction with various subset buttons which control the mode selector is capable of operating in different modes. Due to the high resolution and large capacity of the display one can now present pages of stored telephone numbers which essentially enables a user to select any number by the use of a movable cursor and by pressing another subset button can immediately dial that number. Other modes provide credit card storage which are accessible and displayed as well as other privacy operative modes which are implemented by the high resolution display, microprocessor and associated circuitry.

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A telephone subset apparatus for use in providing high quality data displays, comprising: a telephone subset including a housing having a telephone handset coupled thereto, a high resolution display panel means mounted on said housing and capable of being accessed by an X-Y addressing means to displ

A telephone subset apparatus for use in providing high quality data displays, comprising: a telephone subset including a housing having a telephone handset coupled thereto, a high resolution display panel means mounted on said housing and capable of being accessed by an X-Y addressing means to display graphic data in a plurality of lines, microprocessor means coupled to said high resolution display panel means and operative to cause said panel means to provide a graphic presentation of a telephone keyboard arrangement according to said X-Y addressing means, position sensitive means responsive to user position coupled to said high resolution display panel means and operative when accessed solely by exerted pressure to produce a telephone number output signal as dialed by a user employing said graphic telephone keyboard presentation as a guide for selecting said signal.