Global packet-switched computer network telephony server

US6343086B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Natural MicroSystems Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Katz · Glen Ellyn, US
• Dan Daly · Holbrook, US
• Paul Kerr · Natick, US
• R. Brough Turner · Watertown, US
• Wendell E. Bishop · Somerville, US
• Julius Rothschild · Des Plaines, US
• Adam Machalek · Lake in the Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M7/0021
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for connecting telephony equipment to computer network equipment includes a telephony interface module adapted to accept at least one telephony connection from a telephony network. A computer network interface module is adapted to accept at least one data connection from a computer network. A signal processing module is adapted to alter data to be transferred between the computer network interface module and the telephony interface module. A bypass mechanism is adapted to transfer data between the telephony interface module, the computer network interface module, and the signal processing module while bypassing a host processor connected to the telephony interface module, the computer network interface module, and the signal processing module.