Data collection device for use with network-enabled telephone systems
First Claim
1. A telephone data collection device adapted to collect data from a telephone system having a data transmission interface through which data may be transmitted in an input protocol, said device comprising:
- a computer including a processor, program memory and data memory, data communication input and output interfaces connected to said processor, the input interface comprising an network interface, a software program loaded into program memory read and executed by the processor in implementing a network compatible data communication protocol for the network interface for data transfer to the computer through the network interface, said software program also transferring data received through the input interface between the input interface, data memory and the output interface, said software program further implementing a transmission protocol in program memory enabling transmission of data stored in said data memory through said output interface, wherein said computer receives data from a telephone system through the network interface employing a network protocol, buffers the data in data memory, and transmits said data to a host through the output interface in a communication protocol, the output interface and communication protocol compatible with the host, converting said data received in one protocol to data transmitted in another protocol, as necessary, therein establishing data communication between the telephone system and the host.
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Abstract
A telephone data collection device used to collect call detail information from a telephone system with a network data port establishes a network data connection with the telephone system, collects call detail information from the telephone system and transfers the data to a host computer for processing. That host computer need not be reprogrammed to be compatible with the network-enabled telephone system, but may instead use legacy methods to poll or receive the call detail information from the device. Data may be collected from more than one network-enabled telephone system and transferred to one or more host computers through a reliable network path through a combination of serial data ports, a network, and the telephone PSTN. The data collection device stores call detail records and other information collected from a network-enabled telephone system in the data memory of the data collection device, which data is then transferred to a host using data transfer methods and protocols that are compatible with legacy systems, without requiring reprogramming of the hosts. The data collection device may collect data from a number of network-enabled telephone systems, store this data in the data memory of the data collection device and then provide the collected data to one or more hosts. It may also evaluate that data in order to detect alarm conditions reported by or existing with the network-enabled telephone system and then transmit alarm reports to a host.
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1. A telephone data collection device adapted to collect data from a telephone system having a data transmission interface through which data may be transmitted in an input protocol, said device comprising:
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a computer including a processor, program memory and data memory, data communication input and output interfaces connected to said processor, the input interface comprising an network interface, a software program loaded into program memory read and executed by the processor in implementing a network compatible data communication protocol for the network interface for data transfer to the computer through the network interface, said software program also transferring data received through the input interface between the input interface, data memory and the output interface, said software program further implementing a transmission protocol in program memory enabling transmission of data stored in said data memory through said output interface, wherein said computer receives data from a telephone system through the network interface employing a network protocol, buffers the data in data memory, and transmits said data to a host through the output interface in a communication protocol, the output interface and communication protocol compatible with the host, converting said data received in one protocol to data transmitted in another protocol, as necessary, therein establishing data communication between the telephone system and the host. - 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, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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