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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Deadman, Ottawa, CA;
Pat Orchard, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Mitel Corporation, Kanata, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04J / ; H04M / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370271 ; 370537 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a multiplexor architecture and method that manipulates multiple telephony lines onto one virtual line which can then be monitored and controlled by an application on a desktop computer originally designed to handle only a single line. The multiplexor of the present invention provides transparent telephony line manipulation which to the telephony line manager, appears as a telephony service provider component. To the telephony service provider component, the present invention appears as the telephony line manager.