Telephonic communications – Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical... – Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...
Patent
1997-05-30
1999-10-05
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...
379 9305, 379 9314, H04M 1100
Patent
active
059636203
ABSTRACT:
An integrated communications control device integrates the telecommunications environment of a small office with an interface to the telephone network. The device is a stand alone unit including a programmable control processor configured by a user based on the telephonic equipment within the office and the user's needs. The device is utilized to control telephone and data communications within the office. The device interfaces with a computer allowing the user to configure the system and create a customized telephonic environment using the personal computer. Alternatively, the device may be integrated into the PC with a plug-in card. Standard telephone interfaces are provided for interfacing to telephonic equipment such as telephones, modems and facsimile machines. Additionally, an ISDN interface allows the device to interface with and communicate over the ISDN, thereby providing a gateway to the PSTN. A display provides users with current operational status of the system. The display also includes input buttons which allow the user to make real-time configuration adjustments. Alternatively, the display includes an audio interface wherein the user is prompted and enters responsive data through the input buttons or the personal computer. Alternatively, the user provides responsive data using spoken commands interpreted by the device. Intelligence is resident within each device allowing the device to control and monitor telephonic traffic for a single user within an office over the equipment coupled within the system. This localized intelligence also allows a plurality of such devices, each at different offices, to be linked in a network environment, wherein multiple users can each have their own device and yet be linked together in a virtual office. This virtual office provides such standard office capabilities as message and call transfers between respective control devices and users at remote locations. The ISDN interface also allows the device to place multiple calls simultaneously over a single ISDN line.
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Koverman Christopher K.
Ladonnikov Maxim
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Kuntz Curtis A.
Ramakrishnaiah Melur
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