Communication access chassis with general purpose computing platform
US6678284B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2201/802
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication access chassis having a general purpose computing platform provides communication access between remote users and computer network via the public telephone network. The general purpose computing platform is connected to an internal chassis bus complex transmitting incoming calls between a telephone line interface and a signal conversion system and between the signal conversion system and a local area network interface. The computing platform has a conventional microprocessor and local or peripheral memory storage devices and implements a commercially available open network operating system such as Windows NT™. By virtue of the ability of the general purpose computing platform to run network server programs locally, i.e., in the communication chassis, server functionality that has been provided only by remote computers on a local area network in the prior art is incorporated into the communications chassis itself, providing for improved network management, increased network security and reduced access and processing time, all in a manner transparent to the remote user.
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