Telephone outlet with packet telephony adaptor, and a network using same
First Claim
1. A device for coupling one or more telephone sets in a building to multiple digitized voice channels, for use with a telephone wiring comprising two or four wires and being part of a local loop connecting the building to an exchange of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the telephone wiring being connected to carry a first full-duplex serial digital data signal, the first full-duplex digital data carrying time-domain multiplexed first and second digitized telephone channels, said device comprising:
- a first connector for connecting to the telephone wiring;
a first transceiver coupled to said first connector for transmitting the first serial digital data signal to, and for receiving the first serial digital data signal from, the telephone wiring;
a LAN connector for connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN) wiring comprising one or more twisted-pairs and connected to carry a second full-duplex serial digital data signal;
a LAN transceiver coupled to said LAN connector, and for transmitting the second serial digital data signal to, and for receiving the second serial digital data signal from, the LAN wiring;
a port for connecting to a telephone set;
a packet switch or router coupled for routing packet-based digital data between said first transceiver, said LAN transceiver and said port for passing digital data between said port, said telephone wiring and said LAN wiring; and
a single enclosure housing said first connector, said first transceiver, said LAN connector, said LAN transceiver, said port and said switch or router;
wherein in a first state of said device, only the first digitized voice channel is passed between said telephone wiring and said port for coupling said telephone set to said first digitized voice channel, and in a second state of said device, only the second digitized voice channel is passed between said telephone wiring and said port for coupling said telephone set to said second digitized voice channel.
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Abstract
An outlet for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter that converts VoIP to and from analog telephony, and a standard telephone jack (e.g. RJ-11 in North America) for connecting an ordinary analog (POTS) telephone set. Such an outlet allows using analog telephone sets in a VoIP environment, eliminating the need for an IP telephone set or external adapter. The outlet may also include a hub that allows connecting both an analog telephone set via an adapter, as well as retaining the data network connection, which may be accessed by a network jack. The invention may also be applied to a telephone line-based data networking system. In such an environment, the data networking circuitry as well as the VoIP/POTS adapters are integrated into a telephone outlet, providing for regular analog service, VoIP telephony service using an analog telephone set, and data networking as well. In such a configuration, the outlet requires two standard telephone jacks and a data-networking jack. Outlets according to the invention can be used to retrofit existing LAN and in-building telephone wiring, as well as original equipment in new installation.
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37 Claims
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1. A device for coupling one or more telephone sets in a building to multiple digitized voice channels, for use with a telephone wiring comprising two or four wires and being part of a local loop connecting the building to an exchange of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the telephone wiring being connected to carry a first full-duplex serial digital data signal, the first full-duplex digital data carrying time-domain multiplexed first and second digitized telephone channels, said device comprising:
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a first connector for connecting to the telephone wiring; a first transceiver coupled to said first connector for transmitting the first serial digital data signal to, and for receiving the first serial digital data signal from, the telephone wiring; a LAN connector for connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN) wiring comprising one or more twisted-pairs and connected to carry a second full-duplex serial digital data signal; a LAN transceiver coupled to said LAN connector, and for transmitting the second serial digital data signal to, and for receiving the second serial digital data signal from, the LAN wiring; a port for connecting to a telephone set; a packet switch or router coupled for routing packet-based digital data between said first transceiver, said LAN transceiver and said port for passing digital data between said port, said telephone wiring and said LAN wiring; and a single enclosure housing said first connector, said first transceiver, said LAN connector, said LAN transceiver, said port and said switch or router; wherein in a first state of said device, only the first digitized voice channel is passed between said telephone wiring and said port for coupling said telephone set to said first digitized voice channel, and in a second state of said device, only the second digitized voice channel is passed between said telephone wiring and said port for coupling said telephone set to said second digitized voice channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A device for coupling to digitized and packetized telephone data contained in a digital data signal, for use with a wiring within a building, the wiring concurrently carrying power and the digital data signal, said device comprising:
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a wiring connector connectable to the wiring; a transceiver for conducting the digital data signal over the wiring; voice port for sending and receiving analog voice signals; an adapter coupled to said voice port and operative to effect conversion between the digitized and packetized telephone data and the analog voice signals; a multi-port unit comprising one of;
a hub;
a switch;
a gateway; and
a router, said multi-port having a first port coupled to said transceiver and a second port coupled to said adapter, said multi-port unit being operative to pass the digitized and packetized telephone data; anda single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said transceiver, said voice port, said adapter and said multi-port unit, wherein said adapter is coupled to the wiring connector for coupling to the power signal to be powered therefrom, and the digitized and packetized telephone data is based on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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