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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1997
Michael Katz, Westford, MA (US);
Dan Daly, Holbrook, MA (US);
Paul Kerr, Natick, MA (US);
R. Brough Turner, Newton Corner, MA (US);
Wendell Bishop, Somerville, MA (US);
Julius Rothschild, Des Plains, IL (US);
Adam Machalek, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
Natural MicroSystems Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for connecting telephony equipment to computer network equipment includes a telephony interface module adapted to accept at least one telephony connection from a telephony network. A computer network interface module is adapted to accept at least one data connection from a computer network. A signal processing module is adapted to alter data to be transferred between the computer network interface module and the telephony interface module. A bypass mechanism is adapted to transfer data between the telephony interface module, the computer network interface module, and the signal processing module while bypassing a host processor connected to the telephony interface module, the computer network interface module, and the signal processing module.