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US 2004/0204040 A1Published application
Residential communication system
OwnerAntonius Ludovicus Johannes Cornelis Heijneninventor
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The residential communication system (2) according to the invention comprises a telephone gateway (4), at least one station (6) and a communication network (10) for interconnecting the telephone gateway (4) and the station (6). The telephone gateway (4) receives via the communication network (10) out-going telephone signals from the station (6) and supplies these out-going telephone signals to a non-residential telephone network (12). The residential communication system (2) comprises a further telephone gateway (8), which is connected to the communication network (10). The telephone gateway (4) can transmit part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) to the further telephone gateway (8), which supplies them to a further non-residential telephone network (14). In this way, least cost routing can be implemented in a in-home network where separate telephone gateways (4,8) are available for connection to separate telephone networks (12,14).
A residential communication system (2) comprising a telephone gateway (4) and at least one station (6), the telephone gateway (4) and the station (6) being interconnected via a communication network (10), the telephone gateway (4) being arranged for receiving via the communication network (10) out-going telephone signals from the station (6) and for supplying the out-going telephone signals to a non-residential telephone network (12), characterized in that the residential communication system (2) comprises a further telephone gateway (8), the further telephone gateway (8) being interconnected with the telephone gateway (4) and the station (6) via the communication network (10), the telephone gateway (4) being arranged for transmitting at least part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) to the further telephone gateway (8), the further telephone gateway (8) being arranged for receiving the at least part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) from the telephone gateway (4) and for supplying the at least part of the out-going telephone signals to a further non-residential telephone network (14).
A residential communication system (2) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the further telephone gateway (8) is comprised in a set-top box.
A telephone gateway (4) for use in a residential communication system (2) comprising at least one station (6), the telephone gateway (4) and the station (6) being interconnected via a communication network (10), the telephone gateway (4) being arranged for receiving via the communication network (10) out-going telephone signals from the station (6) and for supplying the out-going telephone signals to a non-residential telephone network (12), characterized in that the telephone gateway (4) is arranged for transmitting at least part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) to a further telephone gateway (8).
A further telephone gateway (8) for use in a residential communication system (2) comprising a telephone gateway (4) and at least one station (6), the further telephone gateway (8), the telephone gateway (4) and the station (6) being interconnected via a communication network (10), the telephone gateway (4) being arranged for receiving via the communication network (10) out-going telephone signals from the station (6) and for supplying a first part of the out-going telephone signals to a non-residential telephone network (12), the telephone gateway (4) being further arranged for transmitting a second part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) to the further telephone gateway (8), the further telephone gateway (8) being arranged for receiving the second part of the out-going telephone signals via the communication network (10) from the telephone gateway (4) and for supplying the second part of the out-going telephone signals to a further non-residential telephone network (14).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.