HOME OFFICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20070133758A1
• Filed: 08/23/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Light, Jordan, Heinmiller, Wayne, Bennett, Raymond, Bossemeyer, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,450,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/67.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2878 Access multiplexer, e.g. DSLAM generic distributed time multiplexers, e.g. TDM/TDMA H04J3/1694
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/247 Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use user interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/715 using two or more extensions per line cordless telephones H04M1/725
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/06 Simultaneous speech and data transmission, e.g. telegraphic transmission over the same conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4234 Remote access to features of PBX or home telephone systems-teleworking in a PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0033 Notification or handling of incoming calls by a computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1205 where the types of switching equipement comprises PSTN/ISDN equipment and switching equipment of networks other than PSTN/ISDN, e.g. Internet Protocol networks

Abstract

A home office communication system (10) has a control and display system (16). A modern (12) is controlled by the control and display system (16) and connected to a telephone line (14). A multiplexer (18) is connected to the modem (12) and multiplexes a plurality of outgoing data streams in a predefined format and demultiplexes an incoming data stream from a modern (12). A speech encoding system (20) generates a plurality of speech packets to form one of the plurality of outgoing data streams. A telephone line control system (22) venerates a plurality of control packets forming one of the plurality of outgoing data streams and an information channel (24) forms one of the plurality of outgoing data streams.

Claims

1-32. -32. (canceled)

33. A communication system, comprising:

a modem connected to a communication line;

a multiplexer connected to the modem multiplexing a plurality of outgoing data streams;

a controller coupled to the multiplexer;

a speech synthesis system coupled to the controller; and

a speech encoding system generating a plurality of speech packets forming one of the plurality of outgoing data streams.

34. A communication system of claim 33, wherein the modem is a cable modem.

35. A communication system of claim 33, wherein the modem is a digital modem.

36. A communication system of claim 33, wherein the modem is an analog modem.

37. A communication system of claim 33, further comprising a user'"'"'s computer being coupled to the multiplexer.

38. A communication system of claim 33, further comprising a speech recognition system coupled to the controller.

39. A communication system of claim 33, further comprising a telephone directory coupled to the controller.

40. A communication system of claim 33, wherein the communication line is coupled to the internet.

41. A communication system of claim 33, wherein the plurality of speech packets use an internet protocol.

42. A communication system, comprising:

a modem coupled to a communication line;

a controller coupled to the modem;

a vocoder coupled to the modem generating a plurality of speech packets forming one of a plurality of outgoing data streams;

a speech recognition system coupled to the controller; and

a multiplexer connected to the modem multiplexing the plurality of outgoing data streams, wherein the plurality of outgoing data streams use an IP format.

43. A communication system of claim 42, wherein at least one of the plurality of outgoing data streams comprises an email information.

44. A communication system of claim 42, wherein at least one of the plurality of outgoing data streams comprises a web site information.

45. A communication system of claim 42, further comprising a computer coupled to the multiplexer.

46. A communication system of claim 42, further comprising a speech synthesis system.