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Method and system for providing an analog voice-only endpoint with pseudo multimedia service

  • US 6,020,915 A
  • Filed: 10/22/1996
  • Issued: 02/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a telecommunications network, a method of providing a pseudo multimedia service comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a communications connection between a multimedia terminal and a telephone, the multimedia terminal associated with a user and operable to communicate voice, video and data signals over separate voice, video and data streams, respectively, on a bearer channel, the telephone associated with a telephone user and not having video capabilities, voice signals between the telephone user and the user at the multimedia terminal being communicated to and from the telephone over the voiceband connection and to and from the multimedia terminal over the voice stream;

    establishing a communications connection between the multimedia terminal and a data terminal that is also associated with the telephone user,determining the identity of the telephone user;

    using the determined identity of the telephone user, retrieving a previously stored image of the telephone user from an image database which has stored therein images of a plurality of different telephone users in association with their identities;

    transmitting the retrieved image of the telephone user to the multimedia terminal on the video stream, wherein the image of the telephone user is displayed on the multimedia terminal while voice signals are being communicated between the user at the multimedia terminal and the telephone user;

    receiving a data signal on the data stream from the multimedia terminal; and

    transmitting the received data signal to the data terminal.

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