Network connection apparatus and method using internet phone
First Claim
1. A network connection apparatus using an internet phone, comprising:
- an internet phone main unit usable as an ordinary telephone or an internet phone in accordance with an operation of a user;
a function extending unit for interfacing function packs performing an independent function respectively with a network CPU unit; and
a network CPU unit for controlling an audio signal transmitted/received through a PSTN and controlling a signal received from a network by controlling the internet phone main unit and function extending unit.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a network connection apparatus using an internet phone and a method of the same, the apparatus comprises an internet phone main unit usable as an ordinary telephone or an internet phone in accordance with an operation of a user, a function extending unit for interfacing a function pack and a network CPU unit performing an independent function respectively, and a network CPU unit for controlling an audio signal transmitted/received through a PSTN and controlling a signal received from a network by controlling the Internet phone main unit and function extending unit. Accordingly, the present invention is capable of communicating with a plurality of wire IP phones with one line, and operating a multifunction digital apparatus with a moderate expense, and upgrading the apparatus easily.
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21 Claims
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1. A network connection apparatus using an internet phone, comprising:
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an internet phone main unit usable as an ordinary telephone or an internet phone in accordance with an operation of a user;
a function extending unit for interfacing function packs performing an independent function respectively with a network CPU unit; and
a network CPU unit for controlling an audio signal transmitted/received through a PSTN and controlling a signal received from a network by controlling the internet phone main unit and function extending unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network connection method using an internet phone, comprising:
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setting up a call when an audio signal is transmitted from outside through a PSTN/IP network;
sampling the transmitted analog audio signal with a PCM digital signal in the PSTN;
judging whether the call is connected by wire or wireless in accordance with an IP or a device address of the sampled PCM digital signal; and
transmitting the sampled PCM digital signal to the internet phone main unit when it is judged as wire or transmitting it to the PCI module when it is judged as wireless. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. In a method for originating a call by using an internet phone, a network connection method using an internet phone, comprising:
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pressing a certain keypad, of a PSTN set as a default in a network CPU module by a user or selecting an internet phone in a menu on a LCD screen by a to user;
inputting an IP address of the other party; and
originating a call by setting up a VOIP-related protocol by the inputted IP address.
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19. A network connection method using an internet phone, comprising:
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accessing to the internet by a network CPU unit through a network interface pack when a user requests the Internet contact; and
displaying data received to the network interface pack on a TV through a graphic-sound pack by using an execution program etc. of the network CPU unit or listening data with an audio. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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