Patent ID: 6314086
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04J,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
For use with an ISDN test set, through which a user may test and communicate over an ISDN communication circuit, and having a test set user interface through which alpha-numeric messages associated with the operation of said ISDN test set are presentable to said user, a method of supplying informational messages to said user in the course of use of said ISDN test set comprising the steps of:(a) storing within said test set a contextual-based alpha-numeric database, contents of which are associated with and provide additional information of said alpha-numeric messages that are presentable by said test set user interface;(b) providing an input/output element that is selectably operated by said user; and(c) in response to operation of said input/output element by said user, causing said test set user interface to present an alpha-numeric informational message derived from said contents of said contextual-based database, in accordance with a contextual content of an alpha-numeric messages presented by said test set user interface, and wherein in response to operation of said input/output element, when said test set user interface generates a message transmitted to said test set from telecommunication equipment in association with the use of said test set, causing said test set user interface to generate a detailed explanation of said message, and in response to a second operation of said input/output element, implementing a referential help database search subroutine.