Central office powered credit only telephone paystation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4595983
SERIAL NO

06545786

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A credit only paystation for allowing a user to place telephone calls therefrom without having to use coinage coins. The paystation includes a reader to read the users credit information which may be encoded on the magnetic stripe of a conventional credit card. The paystation uses a microcomputer to process the credit information and the dialing information entered by the user. The paystation also allows the user to dial a plurality of nonrestricted numbers without having to use a credit card. The paystation is powered solely from the central office to which it is connected and keeps the transmitter turned off until it is needed.

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  • RELIANCE COMM/TEC CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fisher, Thomas M Plano, TX 6 93
Gehalo, David J Richardson, TX 2 76

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