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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1991
Jerry J Heep, Weatherford, TX (US);
Stephen S Mosher, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for effecting mode switching from a transmission mode to a command mode of an intelligent modem operatively coupled to a digital data device and a telephone line is disclosed. A termination of the modem's transmission mode is effected after a predetermined silent time interval in which no data is received from the device and prior to the transmission of additional data on the line. Operation of the modem switches to a buffer mode in which data sent from the device is temporarily stored instead of being transmitted on the telephone line. If the stored data is a proper escape sequence, operation of the modem switches to the command mode. If a proper escape sequence is not received, operation of the modem switches to a purge mode in which the stored data is transmitted on the telephone line. The apparatus comprises a data interface, a novel modem controller and a modem engine. The modem controller includes the data buffer for storing the data received from the digital data device when operating in the buffer mode.