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Packet telephony gateway for hearing impaired relay services

US6625259B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 2000
Grant dateSep 23, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2201/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for relaying text between a hearing impaired person and a third party through the public switched telephone network. The method includes the steps of converting the text between a multifrequency textual format on the public switched telephone network and a packet format on a local area network and exchanging the text with the hearing impaired person through the local area network.

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