EP0800325A2
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A customer telecommunications interface device with built-in network features
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1997-03-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-03-25
Abstract
Abstract Improved telecommunication apparatus is realized with a structure that is tailored to interact with the telecommunication network strictly in packet format. The apparatus includes circuitry for creating either control or information packets, where each packet comprises a header portion and a payload portion. The apparatus also includes an identifier module that enables the apparatus to identify itself to the telecommunication network with an identifier signal that is unique to it. The packet format allows the apparatus to provide a myriad of services that in today's environment are implemented within the telecommunication network, including, for example, call transfer, call forwarding, bridging, call waiting, etc.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander Gibson Fraser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04M1/00; H04M1/253; H04M3/428; H04M3/436; H04M3/44; H04M3/54; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0428; H04Q11/0478; H04L12/00; H04L12/64; H04L12/54; H04L12/56; H04L12/5601; H04L2012/5614; H04L2012/5616; H04L2012/5629; H04L2012/563; H04L2012/5638; H04L69/00; H04L69/22; H04M1/57
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
Apparatus including a first port adapted for communicating with a user, and a second port for coupling the apparatus to a telecommunication network, comprising: packetization means a) for converting information signals from the first port, arriving at a first format, to packet signals, where a packet includes a header portion and an information portion and where the header portion comprises bits that are devoted to address specification, and at least one bit devoted to specifying whether the packet's information portion carries control or information signals, and b) for converting packet signals arriving from the second port into signals having said first format; and a controller for enabling concurrent two-directional flow of signals through said first port and for providing feature control signals to the second port.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controller provides ringback signals to the second port.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a memory associated with the controller for storing information delivered to the apparatus via said second port.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said information is audio information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said information is program information for controlling operation of said apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said memory stores destination information, and said controller, in response to signals from the first port, accesses said memory, retrieves selected destination information, and applied the retrieved destination information to the second port.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said controller further includes means for treating information received at the second port from a destination stored in said memory differently from the treatment given to information received at the second port from a destination not stored in said memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said controller further includes means for treating information received at the second port differently at different times.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said controller further includes means for treating information received at the second port from one destination stored in said memory differently from the treatment given to information received at the second port from another destination stored in said memory.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controller includes means for sending information to the second port, directing the telecommunication network coupled to the second port to redirect a stream of data that is flowing to the second port to another destination in the network.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controller includes means for sending information to the second port, directing the telecommunication network coupled to the second port to redirect future streams of information that might otherwise be directed to flow to the second port, to flow instead to another destination in the network.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controller includes means for replicating information received at the second port and transmitting the replicated information back to the second port.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controller includes means for detecting signals that represent the identity of a source, arriving at the second port with information from the source, and for forwarding said signals to the first port.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
64 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the controller includes means for recognizing that, while the second port is sending a stream of packets to the first port, there is another stream of packets that the network wishes to send to the first port, and means for informing said first port that said another stream of packets wishes to be sent to the first port.
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