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Method and apparatus for telecommunications signal routing and data management

  • US 6,463,133 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/1999
  • Issued: 10/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A telecommunications signal routing and data management apparatus for directing incoming telecommunications signals to devices connected thereto for receiving signals over a telephone subscriber line from a remote source for display, the apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a call router having a telephone subscriber line port connected to a telephone subscriber line and a plurality of signal receiving ports, wherein each of the signal receiving ports is designated to receive a distinct telecommunications signal type, wherein the router is further adapted to receive a telecommunications signal at the telephone subscriber line port, identify the type of telecommunications signal received, and route the telecommunications signal to the receiving port designated to receive the identified signal type;

    (b) means for converting telecommunications signals received from a telephone subscriber line port into digital signals and for converting digital signals into telecommunications signals for transmission over a telephone subscriber line, wherein the means further include a subscriber line port connected to one of the signal receiving ports of the router, wherein the device further includes a data port;

    (c) a display device adapted to receive message signals and display messages in accordance with the message signals received;

    (d) program memory for storing operating instructions;

    (e) random access memory for storing data;

    (f) a socket adapted to receive a programmable memory module;

    (g) a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is connected to;

    the data port of the signal converting means, the display, the program memory, the random access memory, and the socket, and wherein the microprocessor is adapted to;

    receive operating instructions from the program memory, write data to and receive data from the random access memory, receive data signals from and transmit data signals to the data port of the signal converting means, transmit display message signals to the display so as to cause messages to be displayed on the display in accordance with the signals, and receive and transmit data signals to a programmable memory module received in the socket.

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