Voice communications system

A voice communications system comprising either a general subscriber telephone set or a broadband telephone set, and voice communications apparatus interposed in communication between said telephone set and at least one of a public switched telephone network and a broadband communications network, wherein said voice communications apparatus includes:

• a first circuit for determining a class of said telephone set comprised:
• and
• a second circuit operative in response to the class determined for changing a property of an in-channel signal transmitted between said telephone set comprised and said voice communications apparatus,
• wherein there is provided on the broadband communications network a database for retrieving data relevant to the class of a telephone set, said second circuit providing said database with at least one of a signal from said telephone set comprised or information on a characteristic value managed by said comprised telephone set obtained by said first circuit, information on a response signal or a change in the response signal, and information representing the determined class to acquire contents of a change in the characteristics from said database to change the property of the in-channel signal, the response signal being obtained from said comprised telephone set by sending out a signal to said telephone set comprised or by changing a characteristic value of a connection line to said telephone set comprised.

A voice communications system comprising either a general subscriber telephone set or a broadband telephone set, and voice communications apparatus interconnected to said comprised telephone set and interposed in communication between said telephone set comprised and at least one of a public switched telephone network and a broadband communications network, wherein said voice communications apparatus includes:

• a first circuit for determining a class of said comprised telephone set connected;
• and
• a second circuit for providing said comprised telephone set with a change command for changing characteristics corresponding to the class determined:
• said comprised telephone set including a third circuit responsive to the change command for changing a property of an in-channel signal transmitted between said voice communications apparatus and said telephone set comprised,
• wherein there is provided on the broadband communications network a database for retrieving data relevant to the class of a telephone set, said second circuit providing said database with at least one of a signal from said telephone set comprised or information on a characteristic value managed by said comprised telephone set obtained by said first circuit, information on a response signal or a change in the response signal, and information representing the determined class to acquire the change command from said database to output the command to said telephone set comprised, the response signal being obtained from said comprised telephone set by sending out a signal to said telephone set comprised or by changing a characteristic value of a connection line to said telephone set comprised.

A voice communications system comprising either a general subscriber telephone set or a broadband telephone set, and voice communications apparatus interconnected to said comprised telephone set and interposed in communication between said telephone set comprised and at least one of a public switched telephone network and a broadband communications network, wherein said voice communications apparatus includes:

• a first circuit for determining a class of said comprised telephone set connected;
• and
• a second circuit for providing said comprised telephone set with a change command for changing characteristics corresponding to the class determined;
• said comprised telephone set including a third circuit responsive to the change command for changing a property of an in-channel signal transmitted between said voice communications apparatus and said telephone set comprised,
• wherein said first circuit sends out a signal to said telephone set comprised or changes a characteristic value of a connection line to said comprised telephone set to obtain a response signal of said comprised telephone set to determine the class of said comprised telephone set on a basis of the response signal or a change in the response signal.

A voice communications system comprising either a general subscriber telephone set or a broadband telephone set, and voice communications apparatus interconnected to said comprised telephone set and interposed in communication between said telephone set comprised and at least one of a public switched telephone network and a broadband communications network, wherein said voice communications apparatus includes:

• a first circuit for determining a class of said comprised telephone set connected;
• and
• a second circuit for providing said comprised telephone set with a change command for changing characteristics corresponding to the class determined;
• said comprised telephone set including a third circuit responsive to the change command for changing a property of an in-channel signal transmitted between said voice communications apparatus and said telephone set comprised,
• wherein there is provided on the broadband transmission network a database for retrieving data corresponding to the class of a telephone set, said first circuit providing said database with a signal from said telephone set comprised or information on a characteristic value managed by said telephone set comprised, or information on a response signal or a change in the response signal to acquire the class of said comprised telephone set from said database, the response signal being obtained from said comprised telephone set by sending out a signal to said telephone set comprised or by changing a characteristic value of a connection line to said telephone set comprised.