IP telephony apparatus providing simultaneous SIP communication for multiple IP phones and method for the same
First Claim
1. An IP telephony apparatus providing simultaneous SIP communication for multiple IP phones, the IP telephony apparatus comprising:
- a network connection port connected to a network;
a plurality of telephone connection ports connected to a plurality of telephone sets;
a voice codec unit connected to the telephone connection ports and used for converting a voice signal to a digital voice packet and for converting a digital voice packet to a voice signal; and
an IP telephony allocation unit connected to the network connection port and the plurality of telephone connection ports, the IP telephony allocation unit creating an SIP control block containing an SIP call-leg for a local SIP number, and allocating the SIP control block to a destination telephone set according to the SIP call-leg, whereby the telephone sets have bi-directional digital voice packet transmission with a remote SIP number.
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Abstract
An IP telephony apparatus provides simultaneous SIP communication for multiple IP phones and a method is proposed for the same. The IP telephony apparatus comprises a network connection port connected to a network; a plurality of telephone connection ports connected to a plurality of telephone sets; a voice codec unit connected to the telephone connection ports and used for converting a voice signal to a digital voice packet and for converting a digital voice packet to a voice signal; and an IP telephony allocation unit connected to the network connection port and the plurality of telephone connection ports. The IP telephony allocation unit creates an SIP control block containing an SIP call-leg for a local SIP number, and allocates the SIP control block to a destination telephone set according to the SIP call-leg, whereby the telephone sets have bi-directional digital voice packet transmission with a remote SIP number.
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22 Claims
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1. An IP telephony apparatus providing simultaneous SIP communication for multiple IP phones, the IP telephony apparatus comprising:
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a network connection port connected to a network;
a plurality of telephone connection ports connected to a plurality of telephone sets;
a voice codec unit connected to the telephone connection ports and used for converting a voice signal to a digital voice packet and for converting a digital voice packet to a voice signal; and
an IP telephony allocation unit connected to the network connection port and the plurality of telephone connection ports, the IP telephony allocation unit creating an SIP control block containing an SIP call-leg for a local SIP number, and allocating the SIP control block to a destination telephone set according to the SIP call-leg, whereby the telephone sets have bi-directional digital voice packet transmission with a remote SIP number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method providing simultaneous communication for multiple IP phones, the method being used for an IP telephony apparatus connected to a network and a plurality of telephone sets, the IP telephony apparatus adopting SIP protocol and using a local SIP number for communication, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) dialing a remote SIP number with at least one telephone set;
(b) finding a local SIP number for communication with the remote SIP number by a mapped policy means;
(c) creating at least one SIP control block containing an SIP call-leg for the local SIP number; and
(d) allocating the SIP control block to the dialing telephone set according to the SIP call-leg and establishing a bi-directional digital voice packet transmission between the dialing telephone set and the remote SIP number. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method providing simultaneous communication for multiple IP phones, the method being used for an IP telephony apparatus connected to a network and a plurality of telephone sets, the IP telephony apparatus adopting SIP protocol and using a local SIP number for communication, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a phone call from a remote SIP number for calling a local SIP number;
(b) creating at least one SIP control block containing an SIP call-leg for a telephone group containing a plurality of telephone sets for making a ringing for all telephone sets in the telephone group;
(c) when a telephone set of the telephone group being off hook, allocating the SIP control block to the off-hook telephone set and blocking the SIP control block from connecting to other telephone sets to establish a bi-directional digital voice packet transmission between the off-hook telephone set and the remote SIP number. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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