Donato J Forlenzo, Age 7647 Hyannis St, Toms River, NJ 08757

6377821, Apr 23, 2002

Oct 9, 1997

08/947670

Donato Joseph Forlenzo - Manahawkin NJ
Richard Y. Hsia - Holmdel NJ
Frank William Lescinsky - Middletown NJ
Ronald Joseph Scaletti - North Brunswick NJ
Terry Spencer - Fair Haven NJ
Emil Stefanacci - Freehold NJ

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

H04B 140

455566, 455550, 455462

A wireless handset or other communication device includes a user interface implemented with a display and a number of select buttons. The display provides an array of identifiers arranged in rows and columns, with the identifiers corresponding generally to lines or functions of a communication system. The display also provides a status indication for each of the identifiers. A status indicator for a line identifier may indicate whether the corresponding line is in use by the handset user, in use by another system user, or idle, while a status indicator for a function identifier may indicate whether the function is activated or deactivated by the handset user. The assignment of identifiers to lines or functions may be in accordance with a mapping from a wired system, and the status information may be supplied to the handset from a switch of the wired system. The handset includes at least one row select button for selecting a particular one of the rows of identifiers provided in the display, and at least one column select button for selecting a particular one of the columns of identifiers. The selection of a particular row and column indicates selection of a line or function associated with the corresponding identifier.

5539803, Jul 23, 1996

Sep 9, 1994

8/304026

Ghanshyam A. Bhat - Holmdel NJ
Arthur F. Corvo - Middletown NJ
Gerard W. Elson - Basking Ridge NJ
Donato J. Forlenzo - Manahawkin NJ
Douglas P. Greeley - Littleton CO
Richard Y. Hsia - Holmdel NJ
Vandy W. Lee - Middletown NJ
Frank W. Lescinsky - Middletown NJ
Thorp Rivingston - Red Bank NJ
Donald J. Weber - Shrewsbury NJ

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 124
H04M 1100
H04Q 700
H04B 1700

375 21

A cordless telephone set advantageously includes a wireless test mode accessible by a user for evaluating performance levels of operating parameters in the cordless telephone set in diverse geographical locations. When configured in a normal operating mode, the cordless telephone set provides normal wireless communications. When configured in the wireless test mode, the cordless telephone set provides audible and visual input to its user for use in determining a maximum acceptable separation distance for satisfactory communications between a telephone handset unit and its associated base unit in the cordless telephone set. This operating range determination for the cordless telephone set is achieved by providing a simulation of a recognizable tone, such as dial tone, to which a user subjectively listens while testing an application environment. At the same time, statistical readings of signal strength and voice quality also are provided in a display on the telephone handset unit while in this wireless test mode. The simulated tone and the statistical readings allow the user to quickly and easily correlate effective, usable operating range for the cordless telephone set.