Abstract: A personal branch exchange telephone system including improved interface circuitry to couple the system to outside telephone lines as well as to individual telephone sets on extension lines in the PBX system. The PBX system is connected to the telephone lines only through electromagnetic coupling and circuitry is provided to detect both ringing signals and loop current carried by the telephone lines.
Abstract: A telephone answering and call diverting system including a call diverter for sensing an incoming call on a first line and in response dialing a preset telephone number and transmitting a preset identification code both on a second line, for connecting the first and second lines together upon receipt of a connect command and for disconnecting both lines upon receipt of a disconnect command, and a call diverter controller and signal decoder for recognizing identification codes and for transmitting connect and disconnect commands.