Global Patent Index - EP 1080574 A2

EP 1080574 A2 20010307 - TELEPHONE APPARATUS WITH MESSAGE DISPLAY

Title (en)

TELEPHONE APPARATUS WITH MESSAGE DISPLAY

Title (de)

TELEFONAPPARAT MIT NACHRICHTENANZEIGEVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF TELEPHONIQUE AVEC AFFICHAGE DES MESSAGES

Publication

EP 1080574 A2 20010307 (EN)

Application

EP 99922350 A 19990518

Priority

  • GB 9901578 W 19990518
  • GB 9810989 A 19980521

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2338145A] A communications system (1) consists of a number of terminals including telephones and facsimile machines connected to local exchanges of a public service telephone network (8). Each terminal (2) is connected to the local exchange by a signal line (4) but also receives broadcast information via an antenna (12) from a message control centre (13) via radio waves from a radio tower (14). Each terminal is provided with a display screen (25) for displaying text and graphic information so that information of interest to the user, such as advertising material, may be broadcast. User specific requirements may be configured into the terminal in the form of a terminal address which is compared with the address of each broadcast message so that only messages having a corresponding address are processed and stored for presentation to the user. The system has use in distributing information to users of telephones and facsimile machines visually to communicate advertising messages and business information.

IPC 1-7

H04M 11/08; H04M 1/00; G07F 7/08

IPC 8 full level

H04M 1/247 (2006.01); H04M 11/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04M 1/2478 (2013.01); H04M 11/08 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9960762A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 2338145 A 19991208; GB 9810989 D0 19980722; AU 3945299 A 19991206; AU 749043 B2 20020620; CA 2332566 A1 19991125; EP 1080574 A2 20010307; GB 0030296 D0 20010124; GB 2353667 A 20010228; GB 2353667 B 20031015; IL 139727 A0 20020210; WO 9960762 A2 19991125; WO 9960762 A3 20000406; WO 9960762 B1 20000511

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9810989 A 19980521; AU 3945299 A 19990518; CA 2332566 A 19990518; EP 99922350 A 19990518; GB 0030296 A 19990518; GB 9901578 W 19990518; IL 13972799 A 19990518