System and device for integrating IP and analog telephone systems
First Claim
1. A method of providing Internet telephony to a subscriber premises via a subscriber Internet connection to said subscriber premises, using an analog telephone connection, comprisingproviding a voice gateway converting Internet telephony and analog telephony standards to facilitate the use of Internet and analog telephony by said subscriber,providing a call forwarding manager connected to said analog telephone connection,providing an Internet protocol telephone at said subscriber premises,receiving an analog telephone call from said analog telephone connection at said call forwarding manager, and responding to said reception by generating a request for service from said voice gateway,generating an Internet telephone connection from said voice gateway to said Internet protocol telephone at said subscriber premises in response to said request for service from said call forwarding manager, andconnecting said analog telephone call via said voice gateway to said Internet protocol telephone via said subscriber Internet connection.
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Abstract
A system and a call forwarding manager device for providing Internet telephony to a subscriber'"'"'s premises via the subscriber'"'"'s Internet connection, facilitated by the subscriber'"'"'s analog telephone connection. Incoming analog telephone calls are received by the call forwarding manager connected to the subscriber'"'"'s analog telephone line, which responds by generating a request for service from a voice gateway, which may be remotely located. The voice gateway then generates an Internet telephone connection from the voice gateway to an Internet protocol telephone owned by the subscriber, and then connects the analog telephone call via the voice gateway to the Internet protocol telephone via the subscriber'"'"'s Internet connection.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of providing Internet telephony to a subscriber premises via a subscriber Internet connection to said subscriber premises, using an analog telephone connection, comprising
providing a voice gateway converting Internet telephony and analog telephony standards to facilitate the use of Internet and analog telephony by said subscriber, providing a call forwarding manager connected to said analog telephone connection, providing an Internet protocol telephone at said subscriber premises, receiving an analog telephone call from said analog telephone connection at said call forwarding manager, and responding to said reception by generating a request for service from said voice gateway, generating an Internet telephone connection from said voice gateway to said Internet protocol telephone at said subscriber premises in response to said request for service from said call forwarding manager, and connecting said analog telephone call via said voice gateway to said Internet protocol telephone via said subscriber Internet connection.
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13. A system for providing Internet telephony to a subscriber premises via a subscriber Internet connection to said subscriber premises, using an analog telephone connection, comprising
a voice gateway converting Internet telephony and analog telephony standards to facilitate the use of Internet and analog telephony by said subscriber, a call forwarding manager connected to said analog telephone connection, said call forwarding manager receiving an analog telephone call from an analog telephone line, and responding to said reception by generating a request for service from said voice gateway, said voice gateway generating an Internet telephone connection to an Internet protocol telephone at said subscriber premises in response to said request for service from said call forwarding manager, and connecting said analog telephone call via said voice gateway to said Internet protocol telephone via said subscriber Internet connection.
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25. A call forwarding manger for use in interfacing Internet telephony to a subscriber premises using an analog telephone line, comprising
an analog telephone connection for connection to said analog telephone line to capture data selected from the group comprising dialed number information service data and automatic number identification data, and a digital communications connection for delivering a request for service with data selected from the group comprising said dialed number information service data and said automatic number identification data.
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