TELEPHONY TERMINAL

• US 20160352880A1
• Filed: 08/09/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Yukie, Satoru, Kwon, Mike, Hagopian, Craig M., Shirai, Kazuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 10,148,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• 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 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/738 Interface circuits for coupling substations to external telephone lines H04M1/78 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0003 Interconnection between telephone networks and data networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1295 Details of dual tone multiple frequency signalling

Abstract

Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a phone port configured to connect to a phone interface that provides access to a publicly switched telephone service network;

a network port configured to connect to a network interface that provides access to a data network; and

a controller configured to, in response to receipt of header information from the phone port that identifies a service of a group of services comprising at least a public switched telephone network service, an electronic mail service, and a network voice service, initiate the service,

wherein the network voice service facilitates conversion of information to or from a voice format of the data network and exchange of the information between the phone port and the network port.