Method and apparatus for remotely selecting the most economical communications transmission medium by selecting from among different mediums and a plurality of simulataneously operable communication devices sharing standard telephone residential wiring
First Claim
1. A method for remotely selecting the most economical communications transmission medium for sending a particular communications session from among a plurality of communication mediums connected to a plurality of simultaneously operable communications devices sharing standard residential telephone wiring, comprising:
- entering a predetermined signal into a control module;
fetching economic decision data from a memory if said predetermined signal is detected by said control module;
analyzing said economic decision data to determine the most economical communications medium for a particular instance of said economic decision data;
selecting said most economical communications medium from among a plurality of communications mediums based upon the result of said analyzing of said economic decision data, and;
enabling the sending of telephony communications using said most economical communications medium by causing a communications circuit to be established over one of a plurality of possible communications circuits.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling a user to remotely select which communications device to use for a particular communications session from among a plurality of communication devices connected to standard residential telephone wiring. The user enters a predetermined signal from any of the devices connected to the residential wiring. The method of the present invention analyzes the signal and, depending on the state of a number of variables related to cost effective operation, selects which of the devices is the most economical for a particular communications session.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for remotely selecting the most economical communications transmission medium for sending a particular communications session from among a plurality of communication mediums connected to a plurality of simultaneously operable communications devices sharing standard residential telephone wiring, comprising:
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entering a predetermined signal into a control module;
fetching economic decision data from a memory if said predetermined signal is detected by said control module;
analyzing said economic decision data to determine the most economical communications medium for a particular instance of said economic decision data;
selecting said most economical communications medium from among a plurality of communications mediums based upon the result of said analyzing of said economic decision data, and;
enabling the sending of telephony communications using said most economical communications medium by causing a communications circuit to be established over one of a plurality of possible communications circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for remotely identifying which of a plurality of communications mediums an incoming telephony communication is transiting, comprising:
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determining which of a plurality of communications mediums simultaneously connected to a user communications system is receiving an incoming communications session;
outputting a distinctive ring signal to all communications devices connected to said user communications system in response to said determining such that said communications medium can be aurally identified by a user of said user communications system from a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A dual system interface apparatus for allowing a Public Switched Telephone Network [PSTN] telephony system and a cellular wireless telephony system to be simultaneously operable while connected to the same residential wiring comprising:
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placing a primary and secondary circuit transposer between the main PSTN line and each Plain Old Telephone service [POTs] device attached to said main PSTN line such that said primary circuit of each of said POTs devices appears on said secondary circuit of said main PSTN line;
attaching a first port of a dual system interface to said primary circuit of said main PSTN line;
attaching a second port of said dual system interface to said secondary circuit of said main PSTN line, and;
connecting a cellular wireless telephony device to a third port of said dual system interface, said cellular wireless telephony device communicating with a wireless telephony system such that each of said POTs devices and said cellular wireless telephony device are simultaneously operable. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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