Telephony terminal
AssigneeCallahan Cellular L.L.C.
InventorsSatoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian, Kazuhiko Shirai
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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.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first port configured to connect to a data network;
- a controller configured to, in response to receipt of header data from a second port of the apparatus configured to connect to a telephone, initiate a service specified by the header data from a group of services supported by the apparatus, wherein the group of services comprises at least
- a telephone network service configured to process telephone data received via the second port,
- a broadband service configured to processes data received via the second port for exchange with a broadband network interface device accessible via the first port,
- a cellular provisioning service, and
- a browser service configured to transfer application information for a browser application between a system connected to the apparatus and the first port.
A method, comprising:
- connecting, by an apparatus comprising a processor, to a network interface that provides access to a data network;
- receiving, by the apparatus via a port of the apparatus configured to connect to a telephone, information comprising header information that identifies a service of a group of services supported by the apparatus, the group of services comprising at least
- a telephone network service configured to process telephone data received via the port,
- a broadband service configured to process data received via the port for exchange with a broadband network interface device accessible via the network interface,
- a cellular provisioning service, and
- a browser service configured to transfer browser information for a browser application between a system connected to the apparatus and the network interface;
- and
- in response to the receiving of the information, initiating the service identified by the header information.
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:
- establishing communication with a network interface that provides access to a data network;
- receiving, via a port of the apparatus configured to connect to a telephone, data comprising header information that specifies a service of a group of services supported by the apparatus, the group of services comprising at least
- a telephone network service configured to process telephone data received via the port,
- a broadband service configured to process data received via the port for exchange with a broadband network interface device accessible via the network interface,
- a cellular provisioning service, and
- a browser service configured to transfer browser information for a browser application between a system connected to the apparatus and the network interface;
- and
- in response to the receiving of the data, initiating the service identified by the header information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.