Digital dual channel communication terminal
First Claim
1. A telephone station having at least two communication modules, said telephone station comprisingmeans for simultaneously exchanging information over at least two time separated information channels of a communication line,means for directing data in one of said information channels to one of said communication modules and for directing data in another one of said information channels to another one of said communication modules, andmeans for exchanging signaling information over said communication line in a signaling channel that is time separated from said information channels, said signaling information being accumulated over a plurality of time frames and being directed to either one of said communication modules.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a digital telephone having dual voice and data handling capability over a single communication line. Time separated information channels are used to transport the voice and data information between the terminal and the main processor. A separate signaling channel is shared between the two information channels and information on the signaling channel is accumulated for distribution to either the voice device or the data device in accordance with address information contained within the accumulated signaling channel message.
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1. A telephone station having at least two communication modules, said telephone station comprising
means for simultaneously exchanging information over at least two time separated information channels of a communication line, means for directing data in one of said information channels to one of said communication modules and for directing data in another one of said information channels to another one of said communication modules, and means for exchanging signaling information over said communication line in a signaling channel that is time separated from said information channels, said signaling information being accumulated over a plurality of time frames and being directed to either one of said communication modules.
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5. A digital telephone station adapted for connection to a main processor via a single communication line over which at least two time separated multi-bit information channels are established and a single one bit signaling channel is established for communicating signaling messages to said digital telephone station, said digital telephone station comprising
means for receiving information from said information channels and for separating said information into separate information streams, each stream associated with one of said information channels depending upon the channel in which said information is received, means for directing a first said information stream to a first communication module of said digital telephone station, means for directing a second said information stream to a second module of said digital telephone station, means for receiving data from said one bit signaling channel and for accumulating said data over a successive number of frames, and means for distributing said accumulated data over a signaling bus to either said first or to said second communication module.
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9. A communication system having a main processor and a plurality of telephone stations each said telephone station connectable to said main processor via a single communication line over which multiple time separated multi-bit information channels are established and a separate signaling channel is established for communicating signaling messages to said telephone station, said telephone station comprising
means for receiving information from said information channels and for separating said information into separate information streams, each stream associated with one of said information channels, means for directing a first said information stream to a first communication module, means for directing a second said information stream to a second module, means for receiving data from said signaling channel and for accumulating said data over a number of frames, and means for distributing said accumulated data to said first and second module over a signaling bus common to said first and second modules.
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