Voice and Video over a Shared Telephone Line
OwnerOfer Shepherinventor
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Abstract
A system for alternately transmitting an audio signal and a video signal over a single voice grade telephone line is disclosed. The system includes an apparatus located at a subscriber location which establishes a first communication connection between a user at the subscriber location and a dispatcher at a dispatch station, over which first communication connection transmission of voice signals are enabled to be simultaneously transmitted between the subscriber's premise and the dispatcher, and which disestablishes the first communication connection and establishes a second communication connection over which a continuous video signal is transmitted from the subscriber location to the dispatcher.
Claims16
A method of alternately transmitting voice and a continuous video signal over a single voice grade telephone line comprising the steps of:
- establishing a first communication connection between a user at a subscriber location and a dispatcher at a dispatch station wherein transmission of voice signals are enabled to be simultaneously transmitted between the subscriber location and the dispatcher;
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- disestablishing the first communication connection and establishing a second communication connection wherein a continuous video signal is enabled to be transmitted from the subscriber location to the dispatcher.
A system for alternately transmitting an audio signal and a video signal over a single voice grade telephone line comprising an apparatus located at a subscriber location which establishes a first communication connection between a user at the subscriber location and a dispatcher at a dispatch station, wherein transmission of voice signals are enabled to be simultaneously transmitted between the subscriber's premise and the dispatcher;
- and which disestablishes the first communication connection and establishes a second communication connection, wherein a continuous video signal is transmitted from the subscriber location to the dispatcher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.