Conjoined Telephony Communication System

• US 20080279177A1
• Filed: 05/09/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eyal Shlomot
• Original Assignee: Eyal Shlomot
• Inventors: Shlomot, Eyal
• Application Number:
  US12/118,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20080279177A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1036 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0069 comprising a residential gateway, e.g. those which provide an adapter for POTS or ISDN terminals

Abstract

There is provided a communication method for the receiving a first call-initiation request, generating a second call-initiation request in response to the first call-initiation request and generating a third call-initiation request in response to the first call-initiation request. Moreover, there is provided a communication method comprising receiving call-session information, separating the call-session information into core audio information and into supplementary information, routing core audio information on a first path and routing supplemental information on a second path. Further, there is provided a communication method, comprising receiving core audio information on a first communication path, receiving audio-enhancement information on a second communication path, uncompressing audio-enhancement information, combining core audio information with audio-enhancement information to generate combined audio information and providing combined audio information to audio terminals.

Claims

1. A communication method comprising:

receiving a first single-targeted call-initiation request at a conjoined-router;

generating a second single-targeted call-initiation request by said conjoined-router in response to said first single-targeted call-initiation request; and

generating a third single-targeted call-initiation request by said conjoined-router in response to said first single-targeted call-initiation request;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first single-targeted call-initiation request, said second single-targeted call-initiation request and said third single-targeted call-initiation request is in conformity with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first single-targeted call-initiation request, said second single-targeted call-initiation request and said third single-targeted call-initiation request is in conformity with H.323 protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said second single-targeted call-initiation request and said third single-targeted call-initiation request uses at least one Foreign Exchange Station (FXS) electrical signal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first single-targeted call-initiation request is in conformity with a first call-initiation protocol and said second single-targeted call-initiation request is in conformity with a second call-initiation protocol and said method further comprising converting said first call-initiation protocol to said second call-initiation protocol.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving said second single-targeted call-initiation request at a first telephony device and receiving said third single-targeted call-initiation request at a second telephony device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising establishing a two-way media session in response to receiving an acceptance message from said first telephony device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing a three-way media session in response to receiving an acceptance message from said second telephony device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising terminating said three-way media session in response to receiving a call-termination message.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising establishing a three-way media session in response to simultaneously receiving a first acceptance message from said first telephony device and receiving a second acceptance message from said second telephony device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising terminating said three-way media session in response to receiving a call-termination message.

12. A conjoined-router, said conjoined-router comprising:

a processing circuit configured to receive a first single-targeted call-initiation request, to generate a second single-targeted call-initiation request in response to said first single-targeted call-initiation request and to generate a third single-targeted call-initiation request in response to said first single-targeted call-initiation request.

13. The conjoined-router of claim 12, wherein said processing circuit is further configured to receive said first single-targeted call-initiation request in conformity with SIP.

14. The conjoined-router of claim 12, wherein said processing circuit is further configured to receive said first single-targeted call-initiation request in conformity with H.323 protocol.

15. The conjoined-router of claim 12, wherein said processing circuit is further configured to generate said second single-targeted call-initiation request in conformity with SIP.

16. The conjoined-router of claim 12, wherein said processing circuit is further configured to generate said second single-targeted call-initiation request in conformity with H.323 protocol.

17. The conjoined-router of claim 12, wherein said processing circuit is further configured to generate said second single-targeted call-initiation request using at least one FXS electrical signal.

18. A communication method comprising:

receiving call-session information;

separating said call-session information into core audio information and into supplementary information;

routing said core audio information on a first path; and

routing said supplemental information on a second path.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said supplemental information comprises of protocol information.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein said supplemental information comprises of other-media information.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein said supplemental information comprises of audio-enhancement information.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising uncompressing said core audio information to generate core digital audio signal.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising converting said core digital audio signal to core analog audio signal.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising transmitting said core analog audio signal in a spectral band below a predetermined cutoff frequency.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising setting said predetermined cutoff frequency bounded below by the spectral band of said core audio information.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising transmitting said core analog audio signal over a wireless channel.

27. The method of claim 18, further comprising modulating said supplemental information to generate an analog modulated signal.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising transmitting said analog modulated signal in a spectral band above a predetermined cutoff frequency.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising transmitting said analog modulated signal over a wireless channel.

30. An embedded telephony adaptor device, comprising:

a router configured to receive a call-session information on a receiving path, to separate said call-session information to core audio information and supplemental information, to route said core audio information on one path and to route said supplemental information on a second path.

31. The embedded telephony adaptor device of claim 30, further comprising an audio Enc/Dec device in communication with said router to uncompress said core audio information to generate core digital audio signal.

32. The embedded telephony adaptor device of claim 31, further comprising a D/A converter device in communication with said Encoder/Decoder (Enc/Dec) device to convert said core digital audio signal to a core analog audio signal.

33. The embedded telephony adaptor device of claim 32, further comprising a splitter in communication with said Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter device to transmit said core analog audio signal on a low spectral band.

34. The embedded telephony adaptor device of claim 30, further comprising:

a modem in communication with said router to modulate said supplemental information to generate analog modulated signal; and

a splitter in communication with said modem to transmit said analog modulated signal on a high spectral band.

35. A communication method, comprising:

receiving core audio information on a first communication path in a telephony device;

receiving supplemental information on a second communication path in said telephony device;

providing said core audio information to audio terminals in said telephony device;

extracting other-media information from said supplemental information; and

providing said other-media information to other terminals in said telephony device.

36. A communication method, comprising:

receiving core audio information on a first communication path;

receiving audio-enhancement information on a second communication path;

uncompressing said audio-enhancement information;

combining core audio information with audio-enhancement information to generate combined audio information; and

providing said combined audio information to audio terminals.

37. An embedded Internet Protocol (IP) phone device, comprising:

a splitter circuitry configured to receive a combined analog signal and to split said combined analog signal to a core analog audio signal an analog modulated signal;

a Foreign Exchange Office (FXO) circuitry in communication with said splitter to receive said core analog audio signal;

a modem circuitry in communication with said splitter to receive said analog modulated signal and to demodulate said analog modulated signal to generate supplemental information packet stream.

38. The embedded IP phone device of claim 37, further comprising audio combiner in communication with said FXO circuitry to receive said core analog audio signal.

39. The embedded IP phone device of claim 37, further comprising router in communication with said modem circuitry to receive and separate said supplemental information packet stream to other-media packet stream, protocol packet stream and audio-enhancement packet stream.

40. The embedded IP phone device of claim 39, further comprising audio enhancement processing circuitry in communication with said router to receive and uncompress said audio-enhancement packet stream to generate audio-enhancement analog signal.

41. The embedded IP phone device of claim 40, further comprising audio combiner in communication with said audio enhancement processing circuitry and in communication with said FXO circuitry to receive and combine said core analog audio signal and said audio-enhancement analog signal.