Method and apparatus for multiple logical channel information delivery over multiple suppressed ringing physical channels
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsStuart Mandel Garland, David B. Smith
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Abstract
A server (102, 204, 208) communicates with a modem, computer or other data communications device (104) to provide, for example, an information delivery service. The server produces multiple channels of data for delivery. The server uses multiple telephone lines to create a high-speed communications channel when necessary. Suppressed ringing connections are made from the server to facilitate data communications over the multiple lines of the multiple channels of data produced by the server.
Claims32
An method for establishing data communications comprising the steps of:
- A) establishing a plurality of suppressed ringing connections between a customer premises equipment and a server;
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- B) transmitting data between the customer premises equipment and the server over the plurality of suppressed ringing connections.
An apparatus for data communications comprising:
- a server with a plurality of channels for data communications;
- a customer premises equipment;
- a plurality of telephone lines connected to the customer premises equipment;
- a suppressed ringing connection coupling at least one of the plurality of channels of the server with the plurality of telephone lines connected to the customer premises equipment whereby data communications is accomplished between the server and the customer premises equipment.
A method for data communications comprising the steps of:
- A) establishing a first data communications connection between a first computer and a second computer at a customer premises;
- B) determining a number of lines available at the customer premises for data communications;
- C) making suppressed ringing connections to at least one line of the number of available lines at the customer premises;
- D) transferring data over the first data communications connection and the at least one line.
An apparatus for data communications comprising:
- a first computer with a first plurality of channels of data;
- a router/multiplexor coupled to the first computer to receive the first plurality of channels of data from the first computer;
- a plurality of lines capable of making a suppressed ringing telephone connection, the plurality of lines being coupled to the router/multiplexor and a public switched telephone network;
- wherein the router/multiplexor distributes the first plurality of channels of data from the first computer over the plurality of lines using a plurality of suppressed ringing connections to a single customer premises equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.