Method and apparatus for providing a station set with advanced telecommunications services
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
- a first station set operative to generate a request for a telecommunications connection with a second station set;
telephony application means, remotely located from said first station set, operative to generate, in response to said request, a command to establish a telecommunications connection between said first station set and said second station set;
telephony control means, remotely located from said first station set and coupled with said telephony application means, operative to establish said telecommunications connection in response to said command;
an access line coupling said first station set with said telephony application means;
wherein the request is not recognizable by the telephony control means until the telephony application means translates the request; and
wherein said first station set comprises a first data-over-voice modem, and wherein the invention further comprises a second data-over-voice modem external to both said first and second station sets and coupled with said first data-over-voice modem, said telephony control means, and said telephony application means.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system and method are provided in which network-based telecommunication devices provide advanced telecommunications services. The station set of such a telecommunications system contains the elements necessary for the presentation of a user interface and for converting electrical signals to and from speech. The components that provide advanced telephony services and even basic telephony functionality such as touch-tone generation are remotely located from the station set in the telecommunications network.
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a first station set operative to generate a request for a telecommunications connection with a second station set;
telephony application means, remotely located from said first station set, operative to generate, in response to said request, a command to establish a telecommunications connection between said first station set and said second station set;
telephony control means, remotely located from said first station set and coupled with said telephony application means, operative to establish said telecommunications connection in response to said command;
an access line coupling said first station set with said telephony application means;
wherein the request is not recognizable by the telephony control means until the telephony application means translates the request; and
wherein said first station set comprises a first data-over-voice modem, and wherein the invention further comprises a second data-over-voice modem external to both said first and second station sets and coupled with said first data-over-voice modem, said telephony control means, and said telephony application means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a first station set operative to generate a request for a telecommunications connection with a second station set;
telephony application means, remotely located from said first station set, operative to generate, in response to said request, a command to establish a telecommunications connection between said first station set and said second station set;
telephony control means, remotely located from said first station set and coupled with said telephony application means, operative to establish said telecommunications connection in response to said command;
an access line coupling said first station set with said telephony application means;
wherein the request is not recognizable by the telephony control means until the telephony application means translates the request;
wherein said access line comprises a digital subscriber line; and
wherein the telephony application means comprises a premises gateway coupled with said first station set; and
wherein the invention further comprises a digital subscriber line access multiplexer coupled with said premises gateway.- View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method for establishing a telecommunications connection, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) sending a request to establish a telecommunications connection between a first station set and a second station set, said request being sent from said first station set to a telephony application means remotely located from said first station set;
(b) using said telephony application means to command a telephony control means remotely located from said station set to establish a telecommunications connection between said first and second station sets; and
(c) using said telephony control means to establish said telecommunications connection;
wherein the request is not recognizable by the telephony control means until the telephony application means translates the request.
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