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AssigneeGE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Brodnick
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The present invention provides systems and methods for the communication of data over telephone lines. A handset orientation tolerant bi-directional acoustic modem according to the invention includes a first transducer operable as a receiving unit under a first condition and as a transmitting unit under a second condition, a second transducer operable as a transmitting unit under the first condition and as a receiving unit under the second condition, and a controller capable of determining the presence of one of the first and the second condition. The presence of the first condition or second condition depends on how the microphone and the speaker of a telephone handset are aligned with respect to the two transducers. The acoustic modem determines the alignment by listening for a detectable dial tone, and then under the first or the second condition, the acoustic modem automatically transmits data to a central site for analysis.
An acoustic modem comprising:
A method of detecting an orientation of a telephone handset with respect to a first transducer and a second transducer of an acoustic modem, the method comprising:
A method of communicating data over a telephone line from a data source located at a remote location to a receiving station located at a central site, the telephone line including a first end at the remote location coupled to a telephone having a microphone and a speaker, and a second end coupled to the receiving station at the central site, the method comprising:
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