PARTITIONED VOICE COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTING PLATFORM

• US 20070280208A1
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Bo, Smith, Wesley H., Shanahan, Mark, Carmon, Don, Green, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US11/421,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20070280208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1053 IP private branch exchange [PBX] functionality entities or arrangements circuit switched PBXs H04M3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• 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 1/7385 Programmable or microprocessor-controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/203 composed of PSTN and data network, e.g. the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0069 comprising a residential gateway, e.g. those which provide an adapter for POTS or ISDN terminals

Abstract

Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for voice communication components within a partition of a computing platform are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a telephony interface configured to be coupled to a voice terminal;

a processor coupled to the telephony interface; and

one or more voice communication components configured to be operated by the processor to facilitate voice communication for a host device hosting the telephony interface, the processor and the one or more voice communication components, the one or more voice communication components configured to be operated in a partition of the host device that is secure from at least an operating system of another partition of the host device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a network interface coupled to the one or more voice communication components and configured to be coupled to a data communication network to facilitate data communication for the host device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more voice communication components comprises a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) component.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more voice communication components of the partition are configured to operate with a power policy independent from a power policy of the operating system of the another partition.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the power policy of the one or more voice communication components is an always-on or an always-on standby power policy.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

another processor configured to operate the operating system in the another partition.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the partition and the another partition are implemented as a first and second virtual machine, respectively.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the telephony interface comprises a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC).

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the partition and the another partition comprise a virtual machine and another virtual machine, respectively.

10. A system comprising

a telephony interface configured to be coupled to a voice terminal;

dynamic random access memory (DRAM) configured to store content corresponding to a plurality of components including one or more voice communication components; and

a processor coupled to the telephony interface and the DRAM and configured to access the stored content to operate the plurality of components to facilitate voice communication for a host device hosting the telephony interface, the DRAM, and the processor, the plurality of components configured to be operated in a partition of the host device that is secure from at least an operating system of another partition of the host device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more voice communication components comprises a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) component.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more voice communication components of the partition are configured to operate with a power policy independent from a power policy of the operating system of the another partition.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the power policy of the one or more voice communication components is an always-on or always-on standby power policy.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a network interface configured to be coupled to a data communication network.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of components further includes a modem driver and the plurality of components are further configured to facilitate voice communication between a remote device coupled to the data communication network and the voice terminal via the network interface and the telephony interface, respectively.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the telephony interface comprises a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC).

17. A method comprising

operating an operating system in a first partition of a host device;

operating one or more voice communication components in a second partition of the host device, secure from the operating system of the first partition, to facilitate routing of voice communications between a remote device, via a network interface of the host device, and a local voice terminal, via a telephony interface of the host device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

operating the operating system with a first power policy; and

operating the one or more voice components with a second power policy, independent from the first power policy.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second power policy is an always-on policy or an always-on standby policy.

20. A machine accessible medium having associated instructions, which, when accessed, results in a host device:

operating one or more voice communication components in a first partition of the host device, secure from at least an operating system of another partition of the host device, to receive voice communication from a local voice terminal via a telephony interface of the host device; and

operating a network driver to transmit the voice communication to a remote device via a network interface of the host device.

21. The machine accessible medium of claim 20 having associated instructions, which, when accessed, further results in the host device:

operating the one or more voice communication components with a power policy independent from a power policy of the operating system.

22. The machine accessible medium of claim 21, wherein the second power policy is an always-on policy or an always-on standby policy.