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System and method for coordinating between multiple telephony channels

  • US 8,634,409 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2010
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • automatically detecting at a media gateway whether an IP telephony service is available to a client, the media gateway being operable to provide separate telephony, data and video service to a local area network, the video service being received as an independent service separate from data service from a service provider; and

    selecting between the IP telephony service and a secondary telephony service based on one or more specified telephony connection conditions existing at the media gateway;

    transmitting from the media gateway a multimedia signal based on audio received from the selected telephony service as a result of subscribing to a telephone service, data received as a result of subscribing to a data service, and video received as a result of subscribing to a video service;

    wherein a plurality of clients are communicatively coupled to the transmission and operable to receive the transmission and produce the multimedia signal for a subscriber;

    wherein the IP telephony service and the secondary telephony service are simultaneously coupled to a home telephone network via the media gateway using the same transmission medium, the IP telephony service and the secondary telephony service operating at different frequency ranges.

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