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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Daniel Lecomte, Paris, FR;
Alcatel Business Systems, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Protocol adapter equipment for a telephone set including a processing unit (14) provided with hardware and software means organized to enable the telephone set to operate in compliance with a circuit mode communications protocol via a communications link (3) of a telephone network (4), and a telephone set provided with such equipment. The equipment includes a coupler (18) enabling it to operate in packet mode via the communications link in addition to the coupler (17) enabling it to operate in circuit mode, the two couplers being connected to said communications link via a selective switching member (16) and being governed by the processing unit of the set, which unit is provided, for this purpose, with means including a packet mode protocol manager (20) in addition to a circuit mode protocol manager (19).