Multimode modem
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1. A multimode modem for communicating with a variety of modem types employing different initial handshake signals, comprising:
- circuitry for sending a sequence of signals corresponding to the variety of modem type handshake signals and for transmitting the sequence when the multimode modem receives a response that identifies a particular one of the variety of modem types; and
circuitry for determining the particular type of modem from the received response, said determining being made simultaneously for at least two of said modem types.
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Abstract
The modem communicates with a variety of modem types employing differing initial handshake signals. The multimode modem sends a sequence of signals corresponding to the variety of modem type handshake signals and the sequence terminates when the multimode modem receives an appropriate response identifying a particular one of the variety of modem types.
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1. A multimode modem for communicating with a variety of modem types employing different initial handshake signals, comprising:
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circuitry for sending a sequence of signals corresponding to the variety of modem type handshake signals and for transmitting the sequence when the multimode modem receives a response that identifies a particular one of the variety of modem types; and circuitry for determining the particular type of modem from the received response, said determining being made simultaneously for at least two of said modem types. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for operating a multimode modem of the kind that communicates with a variety of modem types employing different initial handshake signals, comprising:
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sending a sequence of signals corresponding to the variety of modem type handshake signals and terminating the sequence when the multimode modem receives a response that identifies a particular one of the variety of modem types; and determining, simultaneously for at least two of said modem types, the particular type of modem from the received response. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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