Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “a plurality of pairs of contacts, with respective pairs of said contacts being connected with respective ones of said standard telephone lines for allowing said communication; a plurality of relay coils, with respective ones of said relay coils controlling respective pairs of said contacts to be opened or closed; a plurality of sets of non-locking pushbutton [switch means] switches with each set of push-button [switch means] switches connected to respective ones of said telephone stations with respective ones of said pushbutton [switch means] switches of said sets of pushbutton [switch means] switches corresponding to respective ones of said standard telephone lines and being connected with respective ones of said rely coils and being depressed for energizing -a selected one of said relay coils for closing a corresponding pair of contacts to allow said telephone communication; [and] an electronic holding circuit for each of said relay coils, said holding circuits being operative to establish a held state after initial energization of the associated relay coil by momentarily depressing the associated pushbutton switch, and to maintain said corresponding pair of contacts closed while in the held state; a logic circuit for each station connected to said holding circuits to detect conditions for releasing the held state; each of said stations comprising [first light display means] a set of status lights, connection means connecting corresponding pushbuttons of said sets of pushbu”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 587 F. Supp. 1495 - Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil

2. “a master telephone station; each of said plurality of standard telephone lines connectable to each of said plurality of telephone stations and to said master telephone station; ' a plurality of pairs of contacts, with respective pairs of said contacts being connected with respective ones of said standard telephone lines for allowing telephone communication with all of said telephone stations; a plurality of relay coils, with respective ones of said relay coils controlling respective pairs of said contacts to be opened or closed; each of said telephone stations and said master station comprising a plurality of pushbutton switch means for producing an electrical control signal with each of said pushbutton switch means being connected with a respective one of said relay coils for energizing a selected one of said relay coils for closing a selected contact pair to allow telephone communication along a selected telephone line of said standard telephone lines; said master station comprising a plurality of display means with respective ones of said plurality of said display means connected to respective ones of said telephone stations for identifying which of said telephone stations are in active telephone communication; and signaling means connected to each of said telephone stations for providing a request signal displayed on respective display means at said master telephone station.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 587 F. Supp. 1495 - Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil

3. “a plurality of telephone stations; a plurality of standard telephone lines being connectable to each of said plurality of telephone stations; switching means for selectively directly connecting each telephone station to any one of said plurality of telephone lines to permit said communication; each telephone station comprising a respective plurality of pushbutton switch means connected to said switching means, each of said respective pushbutton means operating said switching means to connect a corresponding selected telephone line to the corresponding telephone station for active communication; and each of said stations comprising display means connected to said pushbutton switch means in each of said telephone stations for identifying which of the other stations are in active telephone communication.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 587 F. Supp. 1495 - Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil