Systems and methods for interfacing telephony devices with cellular and computer networks
First Claim
1. A system for interfacing a telephony device with a plurality of communications networks, comprising:
- an interface configured to convert a first network signal compatible with a first communications network to a second network signal compatible with a second communications network, wherein the interface is further configured to convert the second network signal to the first network signal; and
at least one device connector configured to couple the telephony device to the interface, wherein the telephony device comprises at least one of a plain old telephone system (POTS) device, a cellular device, and a computer network device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for interfacing plain old telephone system (POTS) devices, cellular network devices, and computer network devices with computer networks and cellular networks is presented. In a broad sense, the system includes an interface that bridges the POTS devices and the cellular devices with computer networks. The interface also bridges computer network devices with the cellular network. The interface is configured to convert signals which are compatible with POTS networks and cellular networks into signals compatible with computer networks. The signals may include content signals representing a telephone call and call attribute signals used to establish a telephone call. The interface is further configured to convert computer network compatible signals into cellular network compatible signals. The interface may also be utilized to aggregate cellular and computer network signals for communicating segmented data over multiple networks.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for interfacing a telephony device with a plurality of communications networks, comprising:
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an interface configured to convert a first network signal compatible with a first communications network to a second network signal compatible with a second communications network, wherein the interface is further configured to convert the second network signal to the first network signal; and
at least one device connector configured to couple the telephony device to the interface, wherein the telephony device comprises at least one of a plain old telephone system (POTS) device, a cellular device, and a computer network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for interfacing a plain old telephone system (POTS) device, cellular network device, and a computer network device with a plurality of communications networks, comprising:
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converting a first network signal compatible with a first communications network to a second network signal compatible with a second communications network at an interface; and
converting the second network signal to the first network signal at the interface, wherein the interface is coupled to at least one of the POTS device, the cellular network device, and the computer network device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for aggregating a plurality of network connections for communicating data, comprising:
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providing a network interface, the network interface comprising a plurality of network connections for communicating data over a plurality of networks;
retrieving data from a data storage device in communication with the network interface;
segmenting the retrieved data for transmission over the plurality of network connections; and
utilizing the combined throughput of the plurality of network connections to simultaneously transmit the segmented data over the plurality of networks. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to perform a method for interfacing a plain old telephone system (POTS) device, cellular network device, and a computer network device with a plurality of communications networks, the method comprising:
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converting a first network signal compatible with a first communications network to a second network signal compatible with a second communications network at an interface; and
converting the second network signal to the first network signal at the interface, wherein the interface is coupled to at least one of the POTS device, the cellular network device, and the computer network device.
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