COMPUTER AND TELEPHONE APPARATUS WITH USER FRIENDLY COMPUTER INTERFACE AND ENHANCED INTEGRITY FEATURES

The present invention relates to a telephone configurable as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunctio...

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Hauptverfasser:	NGUYEN, TRUC, MEGUERDIJIAN, SARKIS A, KRIEGER, KENNETH, VOLLMER, JIM R, CHIN, EDWARD, SAMULON, ALFRED S, ENGBER, MARJORIE, WEISS, LAWRENCE D, KAWAN, JOSEPH C, LEE, SHAN, TAKATA, MELVIN M, TUCCI, MORRIS L, PAREKH, DILIP J, WARREN, LUCILLA K, MOSS, LESLIE, AHLIN, LEO, MARKS, HARVEY, CARUTHERS, DOUGLAS W, ROTH, LESLIE, MEDINE, CAROL A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention relates to a telephone configurable as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices and a programmable gate array (PGA) chip and enhanced integrity features, and has the overall appearance of a telephone. The PGA has the capability of being reconfigured to accommodate various types of softwares which require different hardware configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to reconfigure the PGA to format the microprocessor necessary to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.