System and method for coordinating between multiple telephony channels
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1. A system comprising:
- a server comprising;
an IP telephony interface communicatively coupled to an IP telephony service;
a secondary telephony interface communicatively coupled to a secondary telephony service;
a telephone connection module to select between the IP telephony service and the secondary telephone service based on one or more specified telephony connection conditionsa server RF transmitter communicatively coupled to the telephone connection module and configured to transmit a multimedia signal rendered by the server and based on audio received from the selected telephone service;
a plurality of clients communicatively coupled to the server, each client comprising;
a client RF transmitter to communicatively couple to the server RF transmitter and configured to receive the multimedia signal; and
a microcontroller configured to play back the multimedia signal.
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Abstract
A system comprising: an IP telephony interface communicatively coupled to an IP telephony service; a secondary telephony interface communicatively coupled to a secondary telephony service; and a telephone connection module to select between the IP telephony service and the secondary telephone service based on one or more specified telephony connection conditions.
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1. A system comprising:
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a server comprising; an IP telephony interface communicatively coupled to an IP telephony service; a secondary telephony interface communicatively coupled to a secondary telephony service; a telephone connection module to select between the IP telephony service and the secondary telephone service based on one or more specified telephony connection conditions a server RF transmitter communicatively coupled to the telephone connection module and configured to transmit a multimedia signal rendered by the server and based on audio received from the selected telephone service; a plurality of clients communicatively coupled to the server, each client comprising; a client RF transmitter to communicatively couple to the server RF transmitter and configured to receive the multimedia signal; and a microcontroller configured to play back the multimedia signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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IP telephony circuitry to render audio from an IP telephony channel; secondary telephony circuitry to render audio from a secondary telephony channel; a sensor to sense one or more specified telephony connection conditions; a switch to select between the IP telephony circuitry and the secondary telephony circuitry based on the one or more specified telephony connection conditions; and wherein the apparatus is configured to simultaneously couple a home telephone network to the IP telephony channel and the secondary telephony channel via the same transmission medium, the IP telephony service and the secondary telephony service operating at different frequency ranges. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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