Telephony terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11025763-B2
Application number	US-202016735204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2020
Priority date	Sep 27, 2002
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a phone connection configured to connect to an analog telephone;
a network connection configured to connect to a network that provides access to a public switched telephone network and to a data network; and
a controller connected to the phone connection and the network connection,
wherein the controller is configured to
provide a group of services comprising
a voice over internet protocol service that converts a voice signal received over the phone connection to an internet protocol packet containing voice data and sends the internet protocol packet to the network connection,
a public switched telephone network service, and
a broadband service, and

in response to receiving header data over the phone connection, initiate a service, of the group of services, specified by the header data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the public switched telephone network service processes analog telephone data received over the phone connection for routing to the public switched telephone network via the network connection.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the broadband service processes data for exchange with a broadband network interface device connected to the network connection.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the broadband network interface device is a broadband modem.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network is at least one of a wireless local area network or a wireless wide area network.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the apparatus is configured to connect to a computer system, and
wherein the controller is further configured to provide a browser service that transfers application information associated with a browser application between the computer system and the network connection.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the phone connection is configured to connect to the analog telephone via a base station that wirelessly connects to the analog telephone.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network connection is configured to connect to the network via a radio interface.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the voice over internet protocol service converts voice data stored in internet protocol packets received at the network connection to a voice signal compatible with the analog telephone and sends the voice signal to the phone connection.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a wireless handset device.

11. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a telephony terminal, information from an analog telephone via a phone connection of the telephony terminal;
in response to receiving the information, initiating a service, of a set of services supported by the telephony terminal, specified by header data in the information;
preparing, by the telephony terminal, intermediate information based, at least in part, on the information according to the service specified by the header data in the information, the set of services comprising:
a voice over internet protocol service that converts a voice signal received at the phone connection to an internet protocol packet containing voice data and sends the internet protocol packet to a network connection of the telephony terminal,
a public switched telephone network service, and
a broadband service;

preparing, by the telephony terminal, network data based on the intermediate information according to a network protocol of a network connected to the network connection, wherein the network provides access to a public switched telephone network and a data network; and
sending, by the telephony terminal, the network data to the network connection.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the public switched telephone network service processes analog telephone data received at the phone connection for routing to the public switched telephone network via the network connection.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the broadband service processes data for exchange with a broadband network interface device connected to the network connection.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the network is at least one of a wireless local area network or a wireless wide area network.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the information via a base station connected to the phone connection and wirelessly connected to the analog telephone.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising transferring, by the telephony terminal, application information associated with a browser application between the network connection and a computer system connected to the telephony terminal.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause an apparatus comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
in response to receipt of information from an analog telephone via a phone connection of the apparatus, initiating a service, specified by header data included in the information, from a set of services supported by the apparatus;
preparing intermediate information based, at least in part, on the information according to the service specified by the header data included in the information, the set of services comprising:
a voice over internet protocol service that converts a voice signal received over the phone connection to an internet protocol packet containing voice data and sends the internet protocol packet to a network connection of the apparatus,
a public switched telephone network service, and
a broadband service;

preparing network data based on the intermediate information according to a network protocol of a network connected to the network connection of the apparatus, wherein the network provides access to a public switched telephone network and a data network; and
sending the network data to the network connection.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the public switched telephone network service processes analog telephone data received at the phone connection for routing through the public switched telephone network via the network connection.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the broadband service processes data for exchange with a broadband network interface device connected to the network connection.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the network is at least one of a wireless local area network or a wireless wide area network.

Assignees

• Callahan Cellular Llc

Inventors

• Yukie Satoru
• Kwon Mike
• Hagopian Craig M
• Shirai Kazuhiko

Classifications

• H04M1/253

  Telephone sets using digital voice transmission · CPC title

• H04M7/00

  Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres · CPC title

• H04M11/06 Primary

  Simultaneous speech and data transmission, e.g. telegraphic transmission over the same conductors · CPC title

• H04M7/1295

  Details of dual tone multiple frequency signalling · CPC title

• H04M1/725

  Cordless telephones (user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724) · CPC title