Internet telephone apparatus and internet telephone system
First Claim
1. An Internet telephone apparatus capable of telephone communications via an Internet line laid utilizing an Internet, comprising:
- telephone operating means for receiving an input operation at a time of telephone communications;
telephone processing means for processing a voice signal for telephone communications;
analog telephone means for sending and receiving the voice signal processed by the telephone processing means in a form of an analog signal to an analog line in order to perform telephone communications via the analog line laid in a public telephone line network according to an input operation to the telephone operating means;
Internet telephone means for converting the voice signal processed by the telephone processing means to a digital signal of a predetermined form and sending and receiving the digital signal to an internet line in order to perform telephone communications via the internet line according to an input operation to the telephone operating means; and
line selecting means for selecting a line type between the analog line and the internet line, and selecting the analog telephone means or the internet telephone means according to the selected line type.
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide an Internet telephone apparatus having a function of an analog telephone that do not require an installation space and are convenient in use. The Internet telephone apparatus (1) transmits/receives an analog signal for an analog telephone and a digital signal for an Internet telephone to/from a telephone line (13) connected to a gateway (12). A controller (7) switches between a digital line controlling portion (2) and an analog line controlling portion (3) so as to switch a function of the Internet telephone and that of the analog telephone. A user can perform telephone communication by the same operation of a handset (11) and an operation panel (8) for the Internet telephone and the analog telephone. When the Internet telephone communication is performed, a pseudo tone indicating a line status is generated from a pseudo-line-signal generating portion (17) and it is notified of the user.
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23 Claims
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1. An Internet telephone apparatus capable of telephone communications via an Internet line laid utilizing an Internet, comprising:
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telephone operating means for receiving an input operation at a time of telephone communications;
telephone processing means for processing a voice signal for telephone communications;
analog telephone means for sending and receiving the voice signal processed by the telephone processing means in a form of an analog signal to an analog line in order to perform telephone communications via the analog line laid in a public telephone line network according to an input operation to the telephone operating means;
Internet telephone means for converting the voice signal processed by the telephone processing means to a digital signal of a predetermined form and sending and receiving the digital signal to an internet line in order to perform telephone communications via the internet line according to an input operation to the telephone operating means; and
line selecting means for selecting a line type between the analog line and the internet line, and selecting the analog telephone means or the internet telephone means according to the selected line type. - 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)
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