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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
David W. Haislett, Freehold, NJ (US);
Gregory Lese, Howell, NJ (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An application module interface (AMI) is disclosed that allows one or more modules to access voice or data channels in a private branch exchange environment. The AMI provides a number of hardware signals to the telephone terminal and/or modules. The hardware control signals include module present, phone receiving OK and module receiving OK. The module present (MP) signal indicates that a module is plugged into the AMI electrical interface. The module receiving OK (MOD-OK) and phone receiving OK (PHONE-OK) signals indicates that the module and phone, respectively, is receiving valid AMI control channel messages. The hardware control signals permit the presence of a telephone terminal and/or a module to be detected, as well as to detect the disruption of an AMI connection. The hardware control signals are used to implement a start-up, recovery and tear-down mechanism. The disruption of the AMI connection can be detected if a telephone terminal or a module detects that its counterpart receiving OK (PHONE-OK or MOD-OK) signal has been turned off. In addition, the telephone terminal may detect that the module present (MP) signal has been turned off.