POTS/broadband voice cross-connect system
First Claim
1. Customer premises equipment (CPE), comprising:
- (a) a cross-connect configured to selectively connect a local communication device with a plain old telephone system (POTS) central office (CO) or a voice-over-broadband (VoBB) gateway or both; and
(b) a controller configured to (i) monitor one or more user-initiated signals provided by the local communication device and (ii) based on the one or more user-initiated signals, determine whether to connect the local communication device with the POTS CO or the VoBB gateway or both,wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether to connect the local communication device to the POTS CO or to the VoBB gateway or both based on one or more voice commands provided to the local communication device, the one or more voice commands spoken by a user and processed by speech recognition.
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Abstract
A communications apparatus supporting seamless integration of VoBB and POTS services can be used with or embodied in any communications appliance or voice/data gateway product that has connectivity to both services. The apparatus supports user-specified usage of one service over another on a call-by-call and/or call-category basis. For example, all long-distance outgoing calls (or those belonging to specific area codes or regions) may be specified to use the VoBB service and all local calls or just emergency “9-1-1” calls may be specified to use the POTS service. The apparatus also enables communication service features such as multiple-line (ML), three-way-calling (TWC), and conference calling (CC)) to be managed intelligently across the VoBB and POTS services.
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24 Claims
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1. Customer premises equipment (CPE), comprising:
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(a) a cross-connect configured to selectively connect a local communication device with a plain old telephone system (POTS) central office (CO) or a voice-over-broadband (VoBB) gateway or both; and (b) a controller configured to (i) monitor one or more user-initiated signals provided by the local communication device and (ii) based on the one or more user-initiated signals, determine whether to connect the local communication device with the POTS CO or the VoBB gateway or both, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether to connect the local communication device to the POTS CO or to the VoBB gateway or both based on one or more voice commands provided to the local communication device, the one or more voice commands spoken by a user and processed by speech recognition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for processing one or more communication signals at a customer'"'"'s premises, comprising the step of:
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(a) selectively connecting a local communication device with a plain old telephone system (POTS) central office (CO) or a voice-over-broadband (VoBB) gateway or both; (b) monitoring one or more user-initiated signals provided by the local communication device; and (c) based on the one or more user-initiated signals, determining whether to connect the local communication device with the POTS CO or the VoBB gateway or both, wherein step (c) comprises the step of determining whether to connect the local communication device to the POTS CO or to the VoBB gateway or both based on one or more voice commands provided to the local communication device, the one or more voice commands spoken by a user and processed by speech recognition. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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