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US 6,307,923 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for user tone notification during data suspension or degradation
AssigneeParadyne Corporation
InventorsGordon Bremer, Ed Thoenes
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for generating user warning signal during data transmission suspension or degradation, that allows an user to identify that parallel operation of plain old telephone system (POTS) and digital data communications equipment is either occurring or being attempted. More particularly, the user signal warning indicates the impact to the operation of a multiple channel data communications device as a result of the parallel operation with the POTS equipment. A multiple variable signal alerts the user to the parallel operation, the amount of degradation, the elapsed time of the degradation to data communications, and which user site is causing the degradation by the direction of the data traffic being impacted.
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Data communications apparatus comprising:
- circuitry to identify transmission of a POTS signal on a communication link;
- processor circuitry generating a warning signal to indicate when transmission of said POTS signal is degrading a data transmission rate of a data signal transmitted concurrently with said POTS signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
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- circuitry calculating the elapsed time period of the degradation as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate by said data communications apparatus,
- wherein said processor circuitry modifies said warning signal as a function of the elapsed time period of the degradation.
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Data communications apparatus comprising:
- circuitry to identify transmission of a POTS signal on a communication link;
- processor circuitry generating a warning signal to indicate when transmission of said POTS signal is degrading a data transmission rate of a data signal transmitted concurrently with said POTS signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
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- circuitry calculating the direction of the data communication traffic being degraded as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate by said data communications apparatus,
- wherein said processor circuitry modifies said warning signal as a function of the direction of the data communication traffic being degraded.
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A method for use in data communications equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an off-hook line condition from a device on a communications line, while said data communications equipment is concurrently transmitting data;
- generating a warning signal indicating when transmission of a POTS signal is degrading the data transmission data rate on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
- calculating an elapsed time period of the data transmission rate degradation as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate by said data communications apparatus;
- modifying said warning signal as a function of the elapsed time period of the degradation;
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- sending said warning signal to the device causing said degrading of the data transmission rate.
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A method for use in data communications equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an off-hook line condition from a device on a communications line, while said data communications equipment is concurrently transmitting data;
- generating a warning signal indicating when transmission of a POTS signal is degrading the data transmission data rate on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
- calculating a direction of the data communication traffic being degraded as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate by said data communications apparatus;
- modifying said warning signal as a function of direction of the data communication traffic being degraded;
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- sending said warning signal to the device causing said off-hook line condition.
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Data communications apparatus comprising:
- a means for identifying transmission of a POTS signal concurrently with a transmission of a data signal on a communication link;
- a means for generating a warning signal to indicate when transmission of said POTS signal is degrading the data transmission rate of said data signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
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- a means for calculating a direction of the data communication traffic being degraded as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate by said data communications apparatus,
- wherein said generating means utilizes said direction to generate said warning signal.
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Data communications apparatus comprising:
- a means for identifying transmission of a POTS signal concurrently with a transmission of a data signal on a communication link;
- a means for generating a warning signal to indicate when transmission of said POTS signal is degrading the data transmission rate of said data signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
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- a means for calculating an elapsed time period of the degradation as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal degrading said data transmission rate of said data signal by said data communications apparatus,
- wherein said generating means utilizes said elapsed time period to generate said warning signal.
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A computer program product for directing a data communications apparatus generation of a warning signal, said program product comprising:
- a computer readable recording medium;
- a means recorded on the medium for directing the data communications apparatus to identify when a transmission of a POTS signal is degrading the data transmission rate of a data signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
- a means recorded on the medium, responsive to the means for directing, for calculating the direction of the data signal being degraded as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal impacting said data transmission rate of said data signal by said data communications apparatus;
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- a means recorded on the medium for generating said warning signal indicating that said POTS signal is degrading said data transmission rate of said data signal on said communication link, wherein said warning signal generating means modifies said warning signal a function of the direction of the data communication traffic being degraded.
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A computer program product for directing a data communications apparatus generation of a warning signal, said program product comprising:
- a computer readable recording medium;
- a means recorded on the medium for directing the data communications apparatus to identify when a transmission of a POTS signal is degrading the data transmission rate of a data signal on said communication link by said data communications apparatus;
- a means recorded on the medium, responsive to the means for directing, for calculating an elapsed time period of the degradation as a result of said transmission of said POTS signal impacting said data transmission rate of said data signal by said data communications apparatus;
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- a means recorded on the medium for generating said warning signal indicating that said POTS signal is degrading said data transmission rate of said data signal on said communication link, wherein said warning signal generating means modifies said warning signal as a function of the elapsed time period of the degradation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.