Apparatuses and methods for routing digital voice data in a communication system for hearing-impaired users
First Claim
1. A communication system facilitating communication for assisting hearing-impaired users comprising:
- an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device configured to perform additional functions selected from the group consisting of call waiting, call blocking, facilitating conference calls with multiple connections, providing additional telephone connections, and providing SIP connections to other devices; and
a communication device operably coupled with the ATA device, the communication device configured to;
enable and disable at least one of the additional functions of the ATA;
receive digital far-end voice data from a far-end communication device via a wireless port of the communication device;
route the far-end digital voice data to the ATA device and receive converted analog far-end voice signals in return from the ATA device;
transmit near-end analog voice signals to the ATA and receive converted digital near-end voice data in return from the ATA device;
route the converted digital near-end voice data to the far-end communication device; and
route the digital far-end voice data via the wireless port to a communication service configured to provide interpretive assistance for a hearing-impaired user of the communication device.
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Abstract
A communication system facilitating communication for assisting hearing-impaired users includes an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device and a communication device. The communication device is configured to route digital voice data between the ATA device and a second communication device during a conversation involving the communication device and a second communication device through a wireless port of communication device, and communicate through the wireless port with a relay service configured to provide interpretive assistance for a hearing-impaired user of the communication device. A method includes routing digital voice data received wirelessly by a communication device to an ATA device, routing digital voice data received from the ATA device from the communication device wirelessly to a second communication device, and communicating wirelessly with a relay service configured to provide captioning services of the content of a portion of the voice data received by the communication device from the second communication device.
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17 Claims
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1. A communication system facilitating communication for assisting hearing-impaired users comprising:
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an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device configured to perform additional functions selected from the group consisting of call waiting, call blocking, facilitating conference calls with multiple connections, providing additional telephone connections, and providing SIP connections to other devices; and a communication device operably coupled with the ATA device, the communication device configured to; enable and disable at least one of the additional functions of the ATA; receive digital far-end voice data from a far-end communication device via a wireless port of the communication device; route the far-end digital voice data to the ATA device and receive converted analog far-end voice signals in return from the ATA device; transmit near-end analog voice signals to the ATA and receive converted digital near-end voice data in return from the ATA device; route the converted digital near-end voice data to the far-end communication device; and route the digital far-end voice data via the wireless port to a communication service configured to provide interpretive assistance for a hearing-impaired user of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13)
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6. A communication system comprising:
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a communication service configured to provide captioning services for hearing-impaired users during a communication session; a communication device operably coupled with the communication service, the communication device configured to; enable and disable at least one additional function of an analog telephone adaptor (ATA); and analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device operably coupled with the communication device, the ATA device configured to; convert far-end digital voice data received from the communication device to converted far-end analog voice signals; transmit the converted far-end analog voice signals to the communication device; convert near-end analog voice signals received from the communication device to converted near-end digital voice data; transmit the converted near-end digital voice data to the communication device, wherein the communication device is further configured to route the converted near-end digital voice data and the far-end digital voice data between the ATA device and a far-end communication device; and perform additional functions selected from the group consisting of call waiting, call blocking, facilitating conference calls with multiple connections, providing additional telephone connections, and providing SIP connections to other devices. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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9. A method of facilitating communication in a communication network including a communication device and a communication service, the method comprising:
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receiving far-end digital voice data wirelessly from a second communication device; routing the far-end digital voice data to an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device for conversion to an analog voice signal to be processed by the communication device; enabling or disabling at least one of the ATA functions selected from the group consisting of call waiting, call blocking, facilitating conference calls with multiple connections, providing additional telephone connections, and providing SIP connections to other devices; transmitting a near-end analog voice signal to the ATA device for conversion to digital voice data; routing the converted near-end digital voice data received from the ATA device wirelessly to the second communication device; and communicating wirelessly with a communication service configured to provide captioning services of the content of at least a portion of the voice data received by the communication device from the second communication device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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