Determining the last digit of a dialed number
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04Q-007/20
H04M-001/00
출원번호
US-0694580
(2000-10-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Cheah, Jonathon Y. C.
Hu, Zhiping
출원인 / 주소
Uniden America Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Chauza &
인용정보
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11인용 특허 :
11
초록▼
A technique for determining the last digit of a dialed sequence. Different interdigit time-out periods are pre-assigned to each digit received. If the time-out period expires, it is considered that a full complement of digits has been received, whereupon the received digits are then transferred towa
A technique for determining the last digit of a dialed sequence. Different interdigit time-out periods are pre-assigned to each digit received. If the time-out period expires, it is considered that a full complement of digits has been received, whereupon the received digits are then transferred toward the destination.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of determining the last digit of a dialed number, comprising the steps of:storing in a memory table respective time-out periods associated with a plurality of digit positions, a length of at least two time-out periods being different; receiving a sequence of dialed digits; for each digit
1. A method of determining the last digit of a dialed number, comprising the steps of:storing in a memory table respective time-out periods associated with a plurality of digit positions, a length of at least two time-out periods being different; receiving a sequence of dialed digits; for each digit received, identifying its position in the sequence of dialed digits; using the position of each dialed digit as a cross reference to the memory table to find a respective time-out period; and if the respective time-out period for a dialed digit expires before a subsequent dialed digit is received, transmitting the received dialed digits. 2. The method of claim 1, further including processing a time-out period by a processor controlled by a cellular transceiver.3. The method of claim 1, further including transmitting a digit receive command to a processor to initiate counting the time-out period stored in association with that digit in the digit string.4. The method of claim 3, further including in response to an expiration of said time-out period, transmitting the received digits to a cellular base station.5. The method of claim 4, further including appending a cellular send command with the transmitted digits.6. The method of claim 1, further including providing different time-out schedules as a function of a dialing speed of a user.7. The method of claim 6, further including providing user selection of each said dialing speed schedule.8. The method of claim 7, further including providing user selection of the dialing speed schedules by way of a menu.9. The method of claim 8, further including providing a slow, medium and fast dialing speed schedule.10. The method of claim 1, further including assigning a length of each time-out period as a function of the first digit received.11. The method of claim 10, wherein said time-out periods define a time-out schedule, and further including defining plural groups of digit strings, where each group contains mutually exclusive digits, and providing a different time-out schedule associated with each group.12. The method of claim 11, further including identifying to which group the first dialed digit received belongs, and using the respective time-out schedule for associating the time-out periods thereof with the dialed digits received.13. A processor programmed to carry out the steps of claim 1.14. A method of determining the last digit of a dialed number, comprising the steps of:storing in a memory table a plurality of time-out periods, each time-out period corresponding to a digit position of dialed digits, and ones of said time-out periods being different lengths of time; receiving and collecting dialed digits in a sequence as dialed; after each dialed digit is collected, consulting the memory table to find a corresponding time-out period for the dialed digit; waiting after receipt of each said dialed digit; and if the time-out period for the received dialed digit expires before receipt of a subsequent dialed digit, transmitting the collected dialed digits together. 15. The method of claim 14, further including transmitting the collected digits without the time-out period therebetween.16. The method of claim 14, further including assigning different time-out periods as a function of the sequence in which the digit was received.17. The method of claim 14, further including providing plural dialing speed schedules that are selectable, where the same digit of a sequence has different time periods in each said schedule.18. The method of claim 17, wherein said dialing speed schedules are selectable prior to entry of the dialed number.19. The method of claim 14, further including defining plural groups, each group containing mutually exclusive digits that can be dialed, and assigning time-out periods to digits dialed in a sequence based on the groups, and selecting the time-out periods of a group as a function of a first digit dialed.20. The method of claim 19, further including assigning the digits *, # and 1 to one group and assigning the digits 0 and 2-9 to another group.21. A digit receiver for determining the last digit of a dialed number, comprising:a digit receiver for receiving digits representative of a destination for communication therewith; a memory for storing the received digits; a memory table cross-referencing each digit position of a sequence of dialed digits with a respective time-out period, where at least two of said time-out periods are different lengths of time; a processor programmed to identify a digit position of each digit received, and for using the digit position for finding a corresponding time-out period in said memory table assigned to the received digit; and said processor programmed to respond to an expiration of a time-out period for transmitting the received digits. 22. The digit receiver of claim 21, further including plural dialing speed schedules, where a corresponding digit position has a different time-out period in each said schedule.23. The digit receiver of claim 22, further including a slow, normal and fast dialing speed schedule.24. The digit receiver of claim 21, wherein said processor is programmed to set a timer corresponding to each said time-out period.25. A method of determining the last digit of a dialed number, comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of dialing speed schedules, each dialing speed schedule having digit positions associated with respective time-out periods, where the time-out periods for each time-out schedule can be programmed to different time-out periods; allowing selection of one dialing speed schedule prior to dialing digits of the dialed number; whereby as each digit in a sequence of dialed digits is received, a position of the received dialed digit is cross-referenced in the selected the dialing speed schedule to determine the associated time-out period; and transmitting the received dialed digits on the first occurrence of an expiration of a time-out period. 26. The method of claim 25, further including providing a slow, normal and fast dialing speed schedule, where the time-out periods for the normal dialing speed schedule are generally shorter than the corresponding time-out periods for the slow dialing speed schedule, and the time-out periods for the fast dialing speed schedule are generally shorter than the corresponding time-out periods for the normal dialing speed schedule.27. The method of claim 25, wherein the time-out period is assigned to a digit as a function of the sequence in which the digit was received.28. The method of claim 26, further including providing menu-selectable dialing speed schedules.29. The method of claim 1, further including sequentially comparing each digit of the dialed number with a pre-stored number, and if a match of the digits is found, inhibiting transmission of the collected dialed digits even if a time-out period has expired.30. The method of claim 1, further including providing a button on a telephone having a “talk” function, and inhibiting transmission of the dialed digits in response to any time-out expiration if the talk button was not activated before dialing the dialed digits.31. The method of claim 30, further including providing the talk button on a cordless telephone providing POTS.
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