Communication system and method for interleaving or transmission of telephone rings and data

A communication system, comprising:

• a communication connection coupled to a remote modem;
• a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem coupled to said communication connection, said DSL modem configured to detect an occurrence of a ring request and to generate an enabling signal automatically in response to a determination that a data signal being transmitted across said communication connection during said occurrence of said ring request is reliably communicated to said remote modem;
• and
• a ring signal transmitter coupled to said communication connection, said ring signal transmitter configured to transmit a ring signal across said communication connection in response to said enabling signal.

A communication method for communicating to a remote communication device, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting data signals to said remote communication device prior to an occurrence of a ring request;
• detecting said occurrence of said ring request;
• ensuring that each of said data signals transmitted in said transmitting step is reliably communicated to said remote communication device;
• transmitting a ring signal to said remote communication device;
• automatically enabling said transmitting a ring signal step in response to said detecting step;
• and
• delaying said enabling step based on said ensuring step and until completion of said ensuring step.

A communication method for interleaving transmissions of telephone rings and of data, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a data signal across a communication connection;
• detecting a plurality of ring signals that are indicative of an incoming call;
• detecting an interruption of said data signal via one of said ring signals being communicated across said communication connection;
• detecting a cessation of said one ring signal;
• and
• transmitting a retransmission of said data signal across said communication connection in response to said detecting a cessation step and between successive ring signals of said plurality of ring signals.

A communication method for interleaving transmissions of telephone rings and data, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a data signal across a communication connection to a remote communication device;
• detecting a ring request during said transmitting a data signal step;
• determining, in response to said detecting step, whether said data signal has been reliably communicated to said remote communication device;
• and
• transmitting a ring signal across said communication connection in response to a determination in said determining step that said data signal has been reliably communicated to said remote communication device.

A communication system for communicating to a remote communication device, comprising:

• a communication connection;
• a ring signal transmitter coupled to said communication connection, said ring signal transmitter configured to transmit a ring request in response to an incoming call and to receive an enabling signal, said ring signal transmitter further configured to transmit a ring signal across said communication connection in response to said enabling signal;
• and
• a data signal transmitter configured to transmit data signals across said communication connection, said data signal transmitter configured receive said ring request while transmitting at least one of said data signals across said communication connection, said data signal transmitter further configured to transmit said enabling signal to said ring signal transmitter in response to said ring request after ensuring that said at least one data signal has been reliably communicated.