Abstract:
A key telephone system is arranged to provide wideband service to any number of stations served by the system. Wideband switches are associated with each station on a per-line basis and are arranged to function in conjunction with the associated station and with a line circuit common to all the stations to establish wideband connections selectively to any station. The switches on each line are connected such that wideband capability for that line is available only to one station at a time on a priority basis. The system is arranged such that a wideband connection may be made to a line only when at least one station associated with that line is available for such service.
Abstract:
A key telephone system is arranged with a selective intercommunication link to provide wideband service between any two stations served by the system. A station lockout circuit controls access to the link to insure that only two stations, calling station and a called station, may be connected to the link at one time. A selector circuit operates in conjunction with the lockout circuit to match the transmit-receive lead pairs of a called station with the proper lead pairs of the calling station. The system is arranged such that a three-party wideband conference may be established between a line, a first station and a second station connected to the first station via the link. All the parties to the conference are connected together for continuous audio transmission while wideband transmission is maintained only between two of the parties under selective control of the first station.