System and method for completing two calls using analog interface to telephone network

A method for completing at least one call originating from terminal equipment located at a premises and connected by a communications path to a telephone network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between the telephone network and the terminal equipment;
• transmitting from the terminal equipment through the control channel identity information of a remote device with which a respective call is desired;
• establishing a call channel for each respective call;
• combining at the premises the call channels that have originated from terminal equipment and the control channel into a packetized modulated analog signal having a separate channel for each respective call;
• transmitting the signal from the terminal equipment as a modulated analog signal to the telephone network;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call to a respective remote device based on identity information received through the control channel.

A method for completing at least one call originating from terminal equipment located at a premises and connected by a communications path to a public switched telephone network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between a public switched telephone network and terminal equipment located at a premises;
• receiving through the control channel identity information of a remote device with which a respective call is desired, including auxiliary information for progressing the respective call;
• receiving within the public switched network a packetized modulated analog signal that has been combined from at least one call that has originated from the terminal equipment;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call to a respective remote device based on identity information and auxiliary information received through the control channel.

A method for completing at least one call at a premises having terminal equipment and connected by a communications path to a telephone network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between the telephone network and the terminal equipment;
• receiving at the premises as a packetized modulated analog signal at least two respective calls and the control channel that have been previously merged into a modulated analog signal having a separate call channel for each respective call;
• receiving through the control channel identity information of a remote device at the premises with which a respective call is desired;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call to a device based on identity information received through the control channel.

A method for completing at least one call originating from terminal equipment located at a premises and connected by a communications path to a telephone network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between the telephone network and the terminal equipment;
• transmitting from the terminal equipment through the control channel identity information of a remote device with which a respective call is desired;
• establishing a call channel for each respective call, wherein at least two of the respective calls are of a same type;
• combining at the premises the call channels that have originated from terminal equipment and the control channel into a modulated analog signal having a separate channel for each respective call;
• transmitting the signal as a modulated analog signal to the telephone network;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call to a respective remote device based on identity information received through the control channel.

A method for completing at least one call originating from terminal equipment located at a premises and connected by a communications path to a public switched telephone network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between a public switched telephone network and terminal equipment located at a premises;
• receiving through the control channel identity information of a remote device with which a respective call is desired, including auxiliary information for progressing the call, and wherein at least two of the respective calls are of a same type;
• receiving within the public switched network a modulated analog signal that has been obtained by combining at least two respective calls that have originated from the terminal equipment;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call to a respective remote device based on the identity information and the auxiliary information received through the control channel.

A method for completing at least one call originating from a subscriber premises that is connected by a communications path to a telecommunications network comprising:

• establishing a control channel between the telecommunications network and the subscriber premises;
• receiving at the telecommunications network through the control channel from the subscriber premises identity information of a remote device to which each respective call is desired;
• establishing a call channel between the subscriber premises and the telecommunications network for each respective call;
• receiving at the telecommunications network from the subscriber premises a packetized modulated analog signal having separate call channels for respective calls;
• splitting the modulated analog signal into respective calls and the control channel;
• and
• forwarding each respective call via the telecommunications network to a respective remote device based on identity information received through the control channel.

A system for completing at least one call originating from a subscriber premises connected by a communications path to a telecommunications network comprising:

• a control channel extending between the telecommunications network and the subscriber premises for carrying identity information from the subscriber premises indicative of a remote device to which each respective call is desired;
• means located within the telecommunications network for receiving a modulated packetized signal having a separate channel for each respective call;
• and
• a multi-call service element for splitting the modulated packetized signal into respective calls and the control channel and forwarding each respective call to a respective remote device based on identity information received through the control channel.