Providing telephony services
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRichard J. Takahashi
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Abstract
A digital signal processor provides a variety of telephony services for a processor-based system. A standard telephone or speakerphone may be coupled to the processor-based system. Further, both ADSL and analog modem functionality, for communication with other processor-based systems, such as on a network, may be available in some embodiments. Additional graphical user interfaces may be supplied for enhanced communication of telephony services. Single or dual-line connection to the telephone network may be supported. The simultaneous operation of modem and telephony functions may also be possible in some embodiments.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving information about a telephone number to which a telephone call is to be initiated;
- associating a uniform resource locator with the telephone number;
- retrieving a web page using the uniform resource locator;
- and
- transmitting the telephone number to a telephone network to initiate the telephone call.
A system, comprising:
- a connection to a telephone network;
- a second connection to a telephone unit;
- a digital signal processor coupled between the connection and the second connection, wherein the digital signal processor is coupled to:
- receive a telephone number to which a telephone call is to be initiated from the telephone unit;
- associate a uniform resource locator with the telephone number;
- retrieve a web page using the uniform resource locator;
- and
- transmit the telephone number to the telephone network to initiate the telephone call.
An article comprising a medium storing a software program which, upon execution, causes a processor-based system to:
- receive a telephone number to which a telephone call is to be initiated from a telephone unit;
- associate a uniform resource located with the telephone number;
- retrieve a web page using the uniform resource locator;
- send the web page display;
- and
- transmit the telephone number to a telephone network to initiate the telephone call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.