Method and apparatus for enhanced distributed indication of VoIP telephone calls
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1. A telecommunications device, comprising:
- a housing including a pronged plug for insertion into a standard electrical wall outlet;
a controller mounted within said housing and including a wireless local area network controller configured to receive incoming call indicia from a voice over IP telephony client; and
a speaker operably coupled to the controller and configured to provide audible incoming call announcements responsive to said incoming call indicia;
wherein said incoming call indicia comprises an audio file transmitted from a voice over IP telephony client.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system includes a wireless network; a telephony client operably coupled to the network; and an indication device operably coupled to the network and configured to receive an audio file from the telephony client indicative of an incoming telephone call. In certain embodiments, the audio file comprises calling party identification information. In some embodiments, the system includes a calling party identification control unit and a text to speech engine, wherein said audio file comprises speech-converted calling party identification information.
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1. A telecommunications device, comprising:
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a housing including a pronged plug for insertion into a standard electrical wall outlet;
a controller mounted within said housing and including a wireless local area network controller configured to receive incoming call indicia from a voice over IP telephony client; and
a speaker operably coupled to the controller and configured to provide audible incoming call announcements responsive to said incoming call indicia;
wherein said incoming call indicia comprises an audio file transmitted from a voice over IP telephony client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a wireless local area network;
a voice over IP telephony client operably coupled to said wireless local area network and configured to receive signaling indicative of an incoming telephone call; and
an alerting appliance operably coupled to the wireless local area network and located remotely from said voice over IP telephony client, the alerting appliance including a wireless local area network controller and configured to receive incoming telephone call signals from the voice over IP telephony client and provide audible indicia in response to said incoming telephone call signals;
wherein said audible indicia comprise playing an audio file received from said voice over IP telephony client. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a wireless local area network transmitter associated with a voice over IP client;
an alerting appliance including a wireless local area network receiver, the alerting appliance including a wireless local area network controller and configured to receive incoming telephone call signals from the voice over IP client and play an audio file in response to said incoming telephone call signals, said alerting appliance having a housing including a pronged plug for insertion into a standard electrical wall outlet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving an incoming voice over IP telephone call at a voice over IP telephone client;
transmitting signaling indicative of said incoming voice over IP telephone call to a remote wireless local area network indication device; and
providing an audible indication at said indication device of said incoming voice over IP telephone call responsive to said signaling, said providing including playing an audio file at said indication device;
wherein said indication device includes a housing including a pronged plug for insertion into a standard electrical wall outlet;
a controller mounted within said housing and including a wireless local area network controller configured to receive said signaling; and
a speaker operably coupled to the controller and configured to provide the audible indication. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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mechanically and electrically engaging a wireless voice over IP telephony indication device in a standard electrical wall outlet;
receiving at said wireless voice over IP telephony indication device signaling indicative of an incoming telephone call; and
providing an audio file announcement of said incoming telephone call at said wireless voice over IP telephony indication device;
wherein said indication device includes;
a housing including a pronged plug for insertion into said standard electrical wall outlet;
a controller mounted within said housing and including a wireless local area network controller configured to receive said signaling; and
a speaker operably coupled to the controller and configured to provide the audible indication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A device, comprising:
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a housing for mechanically and electrically engaging a wireless voice over IP telephony indication device to a standard electrical wall outlet;
a controller mounted within said housing and including a wireless local area network controller configured to receive incoming call indicia from a voice over IP telephony client; and
an audio file player for playing an audio file responsive to reception of said incoming call indicia. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a wireless network;
a telephony client operably coupled to the network; and
an indication device operably coupled to the network and configured to receive an audio file from the telephony client indicative of an incoming telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A telecommunications device, comprising:
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a voice over IP telephony client;
a calling party identification unit;
a text-to-speech conversion unit; and
a wireless local area network interface;
wherein said telecommunications device is configured to receive incoming calling party identification information using said calling party identification unit and convert said calling party identification information to speech using said text-to-speech conversion unit and transmit a corresponding audio file to an indication device via said wireless local area network interface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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