Dual compatibility phone system
AssigneeUltratec, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy Vitek
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Abstract
A method of operating a captioned telephone comprising the steps of dialing a telephone number to a relay gateway, connecting to the gateway over a communication network, performing a test to assess communication network quality, based on the test results, setting up the captioned telephone to operate in at least one of a first mode and a second mode wherein each of the first and second modes is one of (i) a PSTN mode in which data is communicated between the captioned telephone and the relay gateway via analog transmission and (ii) an IP mode in which data is communicated between the captioned telephone and the relay gateway via the Internet.
Claims13
A method for configuring a dual compatibility CapTel phone (“DCCP”) that is compatible with both analog public switched telephone network (“PSTN”) telephone service and voice over internet protocol (“VOIP”) telephone service, comprising:
- assigning a unique serial number to the DCCP;
- storing the unique serial number in at least one of a memory of the DCCP, a relay server, or another platform computing device;
- receiving a phone line connection at a location at which the DCCP is to be used;
- establishing a link between the DCCP and a relay;
- generating, by a processor in the DCCP, a data packet that includes the unique serial number;
- transmitting the data packet to the relay;
- receiving, in response, a configuration specification for the DCCP;
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- selling variable operating parameters to values or settings consistent with the configuration specification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.