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Internet telephony signal conversion

  • US 6,195,358 B1
  • Filed: 08/19/1997
  • Issued: 02/27/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of processing, at a voice processing gateway system, an internet telephony message comprising voice data said method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving said message in accordance with the Internet Protocol at said gateway system in a first internet telephony format from a first computer connected to the internet;

    performing on a digital signal processor channel at said gateway system a first conversion of the message from the first internet telephony format to an intermediate format in conformity with the internal processing of said gateway system;

    performing on an adjacent digital signal processor channel at said gateway system a second conversion of the message from the intermediate format to a second format said second format being a different format to said first format whereby said second conversion is not a conversion back to said first format but a conversion to a format different to said first format;

    sending from said gateway system in accordance with the Internet Protocol the message in the second format to a second computer connected to the internet.

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