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Apparatuses and methods for routing digital voice data in a communication system for hearing-impaired users

  • US 9,247,052 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/2015
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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