Technique for automatic identification of a remote modem
DCFirst Claim
1. Apparatus for providing an identification signal from an answering modem to an originating modem comprising:
- means responsive to a ringing signal for generating an answer tone with a finite duration T, where T>
0 seconds;
means for generating a predetermined identification signal, the predetermined identification signal having a duration less than the answer tone;
means for combining the identification signal and the answer tone to provide a combined signal; and
means for sending the combined signal to the originating modem.
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Abstract
In the public switched telephone network, an originating modem can identify an answering modem, e.g., as to the type of modem it is, by detection of a low-level identification signal sent from the answering modem. The low-level identification signal is hidden within an industry standard "answer tone," e.g., a CCITT V.25 answer tone of 2100 Hz. If the low-level identification signal is detected by the originating modem, the industry standard "handshaking" procedure is terminated and a non-standard handshaking procedure is implemented. If the identification signal is not detected by the originating modem, the industry standard handshaking procedure is simply completed.
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1. Apparatus for providing an identification signal from an answering modem to an originating modem comprising:
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means responsive to a ringing signal for generating an answer tone with a finite duration T, where T>
0 seconds;means for generating a predetermined identification signal, the predetermined identification signal having a duration less than the answer tone; means for combining the identification signal and the answer tone to provide a combined signal; and means for sending the combined signal to the originating modem. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. Apparatus in an answering modem for establishing a data connection to an originating modem during a call establishment procedure, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a ringing signal from a communications channel; and means responsive to the ringing signal to concurrently apply to the communications channel at least an answer tone and an identification signal for transmission to the originating modem, the answer tone being of finite duration, and the identification signal being of finite duration less than the answer tone where the identification signal represents a characterization of the answering modem. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method for identifying a remote modem comprising the steps of:
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a. placing a telephone call from a first modem to the remote modem over a switched telephone network; b. receiving from the remote modem an answer signal; c. detecting in the answer signal an answer tone and a second signal, the second signal being of shorter duration than the answer tone; and d. comparing the second signal to a predetermined identification signal for determining the identity of the remote modem. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method for use in a modem for identifying a remote modem during a standard call establishment procedure, the standard call establishment procedure comprising a standard signal that is sent from the remote modem to the modem, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the standard signal in the modem; detecting in the standard signal a hidden signal, the hidden signal being representative of the identity of the remote modem; and sending a different hidden signal from the modem to the remote modem for signaling to the remote modem the identity of the modem.
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