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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald John Bowater, Romsey, GB;
Nicholas David Butler, Romsey, GB;
Mervyn Anthony Staton, Eastleigh, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 9314 ; 379 9307 ; 379 9306 ;
Abstract
A voice processing system comprises a computer workstation 80 running a voice system software and a telephony interface module 70 which is attached via a trunk line 100 to a telephone switch 10. The computer system 80 and the telephony interface module 70 are connected by a standard data connection 230 such as a SCSI connection over which voice data is exchanged. The SCSI interface is provided with a voice device driver capable of handling voice data by means of an appropriate set of commands.