Method and apparatus for interfacing telephone apparatus to a digital, analog or hybrid telephone switching system
US7031454B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/738
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An adaptive interface method and apparatus for interfacing a telephony appliance such as an analog telephone, modem, fax modem, facsimile machine teleconferencing device, headset, VoIP telephone or non-compatible digital telephone to a digital, analog or hybrid telephone system, such as a private branch exchange (PBX). The interface device is suitable for use with a variety of PBX's produced by different manufacturers, despite differences in signaling characteristics between the PBX and an associated PBX-compatible telephone. The interface device is coupled between A telephony appliance and a PBX. In order to communicate the interface device “learns” the characteristics of the telephony appliance and also of the PBX. This is accomplished by: determining whether each component of the telephone system is an analog or digital device; and, if the telephone system is a digital, monitoring communications between the PBX and the PBX-compatible telephone. Then, the interface device is configured according to each appropriate protocol by retrieving set of operational parameters from a plurality of such sets pre-stored in a memory device within the interface device. The learning technique al…
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