Telephone circuit

• US 5,699,418 A
• Filed: 03/22/1996
• Issued: 12/16/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Clearinghouse LLC (RPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Jones, David Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOOMIS, PAUL A
• Application Number:
  US08/620,414
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93, 379/95, 379/96, 379/97, 379/98, 379/127, 379/142, 379/157, 379/201, 379/215, 379/372, 379/373, 379/376, 379/377, 375/222, 375/327, 375/376, 370/261, 370/522, 370/526
• US Class Current: 379/142.04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/571 Blocking transmission of caller identification to called party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/573 Line monitoring circuits for detecting caller identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/82 Line monitoring circuits for call progress or status discrimination for detecting caller identity H04M1/573

Abstract

A single phase locked loop based device is used to detect alert tones and to decode data in caller display services signalling systems. The device has two sets of components (resistors) to configure the device to perform tone detection and data decoding. One or both of the sets of components are connected to the device by an electronically controlled switch.

Claims

1. A circuit for processing telephone signalling information comprising sequentially sent alert tones and tone data, the circuit comprising a single phase-locked loop based device which has an input to receive the signalling information, there being a first and a second set of components associated with the device to configure the device respectively for alert tone detection and tone data decoding, there being a switch arranged to connect the first and/or second sets of components to the device depending on whether tone detection or data decoding is required.

2. A circuit according to claim 1 wherein the switch is electronically controlled.

3. A circuit according to claim 1 wherein the components configure a centre frequency and capture range of the phase-locked loop based device.

4. A circuit according to claim 1 wherein the first and second sets of components are connected in parallel, the first set of components being permanently connected to the device to configure it for tone detection and the switch additionally connecting the second set of components to the device to configure it for data decoding.

5. A circuit according to claim 1 wherein the signalling information comprises caller display service data.

6. A telephone comprising a circuit according to claim 2 and a control microprocessor which is arranged to receive a feedback signal from the output of the circuit and to issue a control signal to the switch.

7. A method of processing telephone signalling information comprising sequentially sent alert tones and tone data, the method comprising the steps of passing the signalling information through a single phase-locked loop based device which has a first and a second set of associated components to configure the device to respectively detect the alert tones and to decode the tone data, and switching to connect the first and/or second sets of components to the device depending on whether tone detection or data decoding is required.

8. A method according to claim 7 wherein the signalling information comprises caller display service data.