Patent ID: 6504917
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A call path display telephone system for operation over a telephone network, said call path display telephone system comprising:(a) an establishment telephone, said establishment telephone in turn comprising: (a-1) an establishment memory which stores quasi-permanent call path menu data providing a plurality of path options for a user of the system; (a-2) an establishment communication module which receives input signals over the telephone network and which sends call path menu data signals, indicative of said quasi-permanent call path menu data, in response thereto; and (a-3) an establishment controller which is coupled to said establishment memory and said establishment communication module and which controls operation thereof; and (b) a user telephone, said user telephone in turn comprising: (b-1) a user memory which stores downloaded call path menu data; (b-2) a microphone which receives voice input from the user; (b-3) a speaker which provides audible output to the user; (b-4) a keypad which receives alphanumeric input from the user; (b-5) a user communication module which receives said call path menu data signals from said establishment communication module and which provides said call path menu data signals to said user memory in a form for storage as said downloaded call path menu data; (b-6) a visual input/output module which visually displays said downloaded call path menu data to the user and which receives interactive input from the user in response to the visually displayed call path menu data; and (b-7) a user controller which is coupled to said user memory, said microphone, said speaker, said keypad, said user communication module and said visual input-output module and which controls operations thereof; wherein said establishment communication module and said user communication module are configured to communicate the call path menu data signals over the telephone network via DTMF signaling.