Telephone communication system over a single telephone line

• US 8,223,800 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management)
• Inventors: Binder, Yehuda
• Primary Examiner(s): Qureshi, Afsar M.
• Application Number:
  US12/124,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,518 Days
• Field of Search: 370230-497, 379 9301-258, 379/88.17, 709200-461, 340/5.8
• US Class Current: 370/493
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/16 Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/715 using two or more extensions per line cordless telephones H04M1/725
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/068 using time division multiplex techniques; integrated services digital networks H04Q11/0428
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 9/025 Time division multiplex systems, e.g. loop systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13082 Power supply via phantom line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13166 Fault prevention
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13199 Modem, modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1323 Party line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13298 Local loop systems, access network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13299 Bus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1332 Logic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13334 Key telephone systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet

Abstract

A network for coupling at least one telephone service signal to at least one telephone device over a wiring. The network includes: a wiring having at least two conductors for carrying multiple time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels; an exchange side device coupled to the wiring and operative to couple at least one telephone service signal to at least one digitized voice channel; and at least one subscriber side device coupled to the wiring and operative to couple the at least one telephone device to at least one digitized voice channel.

Claims

1. A network in a building for coupling at least one telephone service signal to at least one telephone device in the building, the network comprises:

a wiring having at least two conductors for carrying multiple time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels;

an exchange side device in the building coupled to said wiring and operative to couple at least one telephone service signal to at least one digitized voice channel; and

at least one subscriber side device in the building coupled to said wiring and operative to couple the at least one telephone device to at least one digitized voice channel.

2. The network according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the wiring is in the building.

3. The network according to claim 2, wherein the wiring is used to concurrently carrying a service signal.

4. The network according to claim 3, wherein the wiring is a telephone wiring.

5. The network according to claim 2, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is attachable to a wall.

6. The network according to claim 5, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is at least in part housed within an outlet.

7. The network according to claim 1, wherein the wiring concurrently carries a frequency domain multiplexed analog telephone signal in a telephone band, and wherein the at least one subscriber side device is operative to couple the at least one telephone device to said analog telephone signal.

8. The network according to claim 1, wherein the multiplexed digitized voice channels carry Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) signals.

9. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is connected to at least two distinct telephone service providers.

10. The network according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of subscriber side devices, each coupled to the wiring in a distinct connection point.

11. A method for upgrading existing wiring in a building having at least two conductors to allow for coupling at least one telephone service signal to at least one telephone device in the building over the wiring, the method comprising the steps of:

coupling an exchange side device in the building to the wiring, the exchange side device being operative to couple at least one telephone service signal to a digitized voice channel; and

coupling at least one subscriber side device in the building to the wiring, the subscriber side device being operative to couple at least one telephone device to the digitized voice channel;

wherein the wiring is operative to carry multiple time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein there are at least two subscriber side devices, each coupled to the wiring at a respectively different connection point.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the wiring is used to concurrently carrying a service signal.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the wiring is a telephone wiring.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is attachable to a wall in the building.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is at least in part housed within an outlet in the building.

17. The method according to claim 11 wherein the wiring concurrently carries a frequency domain multiplexed analog telephone signal in a telephone band, and wherein the at least one subscriber side device is operative to couple a telephone device to said analog telephone signal.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the multiplexed digitized voice channels carry Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) signals.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of connecting at least two distinct telephone service providers to the exchange side device.

20. A network for carrying multiple voice channel, the network comprising:

wiring comprising at least two wiring segments, each segment having at least two conductors and each segment carrying at least one time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channel; and

two coupling devices connected together by a respective wiring segment, each coupling device being couplable to at least one telephone device, and being operative to couple the at least one telephone device to at least one digitized voice channel carried over the respectively connected wiring segment; and

wherein at least one coupling device is connected to at least two of said wiring segments.

21. The network according to claim 20, wherein the at least one coupling device connected to at least two wiring segments transports at least one time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channel from one wiring segment to another wiring segment connected thereto.

22. The network according to claim 20, wherein at least part of at least one of the wiring segments is in a building.

23. The network according to claim 22, wherein the at least one device is attachable to a wall.

24. The network according to claim 23, wherein the at least one device is at least in part housed within an outlet.

25. The network according to claim 20, wherein at least one of the wiring segments is used to concurrently carrying a service signal.

26. The network according to claim 25, wherein at least one of the wiring segments is a telephone wiring.

27. The network according to claim 20, wherein at least one of the wiring segments concurrently carries a frequency domain multiplexed analog telephone signal in a telephone band, and wherein at least one of the coupling devices is operative to couple an associated telephone device to said analog telephone signal.

28. The network according to claim 20, wherein the multiplexed digitized voice channels carry Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) channels.

29. The network according to claim 20, wherein the network is further coupled to at least one telephone service signal.

30. The network according to claim 29, wherein the network is connected to at least two distinct telephone service providers.

31. A network for coupling first and second telephone service signals to at least one telephone device, the network comprising:

an exchange side device;

at least one subscriber side device; and

a wiring extending between the exchange side device and the at least one subscriber side device, the wiring having at least two conductors, the wiring being connectable for carrying one or more time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels;

the exchange side device being connectable for receiving said first telephone service signal and being capable of passing said first telephone service signal into the one or more digitized voice channels; and

the at least one subscriber side device being connectable for receiving said one or more digitized voice channels and coupling said one or more digitized voice channels to the at least one telephone device;

wherein the wiring is connectable for concurrently carrying the second telephone service signal in a form of an analog telephone service signal in a telephone band using frequency domain multiplexing, and

wherein the at least one subscriber side device is capable of coupling the at least one telephone device to said analog telephone service signal.

32. The network according to claim 31, wherein at least part of the wiring is in a building.

33. The network according to claim 32, wherein the wiring is used to concurrently carry a service signal.

34. The network according to claim 33, wherein the wiring is a telephone wiring.

35. The network according to claim 32, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is attachable to a wall.

36. The network according to claim 35, wherein the at least one subscriber side device is at least in part housed within an outlet.

37. The network according to claim 31, wherein the multiplexed digitized voice channels are carrying Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) signals.

38. The network according to claim 31, wherein the network is connected to at least two distinct telephone service providers.

39. The network according to claim 31, further comprising a plurality of subscriber side devices, each coupled to the wiring.