VoIP analog telephone system
AssigneeNetTALK.com, Inc.
InventorsMark F. Rodriguez, Anastasios Takis Kyriakides, Kenneth Hosfeld, Leo Manzewitsch, Garry M. Paxinos, Nicholas Kyriakides
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Abstract
A multi-port VoIP telecommunications system that allows the user to gain access to telephone connectivity through the Internet by connecting directly to the Internet or by connecting to the Internet through the existing Internet connection of a computer or cell phone device. The present system includes an Ethernet port, a Wi-Fi receiver to facilitate the transmission and receipt of Internet protocol signals wirelessly, a USB plug connectable to the ATA, connectivity to a home monitoring network and connectivity to Bluetooth devices.
Claims20
An analog telephone adapter (ATA) that enables VOID telephony services and is configured to allow a user to gain telephone connectivity between an analog handset and the internet, the ATA comprising:
- a rigid housing including a USB port, an Ethernet port, and a telephone port configured to transmit signals to the analog telephone;
- a processor;
- a non-transitory storage medium;
- and
- a network interface card;
- the ATA having
- a first configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send communications via the USB port and to relay communications from the telephone port to the USB port to enable telephony services, and
- a second configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send communications via the Ethernet port and to relay communications from the telephone port to the Ethernet port to enable telephony services;
- the non-transitory storage medium having
- a first instruction for the processor to automatically detect communications connectivity at the USB port,
- a second instruction for the processor to automatically detect communications connectivity at the Ethernet port,
- a third instruction for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the first configuration upon a determination of communications connectivity at the USB port, and
- a fourth instruction for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the second configuration upon a determination of communications connectivity at the Ethernet port.
An analog telephone adapter (ATA) for VoIP telephony services and is configured to allow a user to gain telephone connectivity between a handset and the internet, the ATA comprising:
- a rigid body including a USB port, an Ethernet port, a telephone port configured to transmit signals to the handset;
- a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium;
- the ATA having
- a first configuration wherein the ATA is configured to relay communications from the telephone port to the USB port to enable telephony services via the internet, wherein all communications sent by the ATA, from the USB port, originate from either the telephone port or the non-transitory storage medium;
- a second configuration wherein the ATA is configured to relay communications from the telephone port to the Ethernet port to enable telephony services via the internet;
- the non-transitory storage medium having a plug-and-play instruction set for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the first configuration upon a determination that the USB port enabled as a first active communications interface and automatically configure the ATA into the second configuration upon a determination that the Ethernet port enabled as a second active communications interface;
- wherein the first active communications interface is independent of the second active communications interface.
An analog telephone adapter (ATA) that enables VoIP telephony services and is configured to allow a user to gain telephone connectivity between an analog handset and the internet, the ATA comprising:
- a rigid housing including a USB port, an Ethernet port, and a telephone port configured to transmit signals to the analog telephone;
- a processor;
- a non-transitory storage medium;
- and
- a network interface card;
- the ATA having
- a first configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send communications to the internet via the USB port secured to a computer, and to relay communications from the telephone port to the USB port to enable telephony services, wherein all communications sent by the ATA, from the USB port, originate from either the telephone port or the non-transitory storage medium;
- a second configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send communications to the internet via the Ethernet port and to relay communications from the telephone port to the Ethernet port to enable telephony services wherein all communications sent by the ATA, from the Ethernet port, originate from either the telephone port or the non-transitory storage medium;
- the non-transitory storage medium having
- a first instruction for the processor to automatically detect communications connectivity at the USB port,
- a second instruction for the processor to automatically detect communications connectivity at the Ethernet port,
- a third instruction for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the first configuration upon a determination of communications connectivity at the USB port and no communications connectivity at the Ethernet port, and
- a fourth instruction for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the second configuration upon a determination of communications connectivity at the Ethernet port and no communications connectivity at the USB port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.