Distributed gateway for combined communication services
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1. A method of converting voice signals into voice packets, comprising:
- providing one or more of voice or fax digital signals, at a first location;
processing the provided digital signals at the first location;
transmitting the processed digital signals to a second location;
adding at least one header to the processed digital signals transmitted to the second location, at the second location; and
transmitting the processed digital signals with the added header on a communication network.
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Abstract
A method of converting voice signals into voice packets. The method includes providing one or more of voice or fax digital signals, at a first location, processing the provided digital signals at the first location, transmitting the processed digital signals to a second location, adding at least one header to the processed digital signals transmitted to the second location, at the second location and transmitting the processed digital signals with the added header on a communication network.
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73 Claims
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1. A method of converting voice signals into voice packets, comprising:
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providing one or more of voice or fax digital signals, at a first location;
processing the provided digital signals at the first location;
transmitting the processed digital signals to a second location;
adding at least one header to the processed digital signals transmitted to the second location, at the second location; and
transmitting the processed digital signals with the added header on a communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A network gateway, comprising:
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at least one modem interface adapted to form a modem connection with a remote modem;
at least one multiplexer adapted to extract one or more of voice or fax signals belonging to one or more calls, from signals received over the modem connection;
at least one switched network interface adapted to transmit one or more of voice or fax signals extracted by the multiplexer, over a switched network, to a remote telephone or fax machine; and
at least one packet network interface adapted to transmit one or more of voice or fax signals extracted by the multiplexer to a remote gateway, over at least one packet based network. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of operating a gateway to one or more packet based networks, comprising:
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receiving signals over a same modem connection;
separating the received signals to at least a first group and a second group;
applying to the signals of the first group at least one processing task not applied to the second group; and
transmitting the signals of the first and second groups on to one or more packet based networks. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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67. A method of transmitting voice signals on a modem connection, comprising:
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establishing a modem connection;
receiving voice signals of a telephone call;
selecting an encoding method, from a plurality of different voice encoding methods, for encoding the received voice signals, responsive to an estimate of the signals to be transmitted on the modem connection;
encoding the received voice signals according to the selected method; and
transmitting the encoded voice signals on the established modem connection. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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