Voice protocol connector apparatus
US9872158B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/568
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connection apparatus has a USB port coupled to a USB interface for connection to a computing device enabled to manage IP audio calls, a land-line telephone port coupled to a Four-Wire Analog telephone interface, for connection to a Four-Wire port of a land-line telephone, a wireless interface for coupling to a communication device enabled to manage voice calls over a network, an analog audio port for a headset, coupled to an analog audio interface, a plurality of protocol translation modules, and switching circuitry enabled to connecting individual ones of the ports through individual ones of the protocol translation modules.
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