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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vijay M. Rao, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented approach for concurrently enabling voice calls and having a computer system coupled to a packet switched network over a first communications line. The approach includes a step of detecting whether a computer system is coupled to a packet switched network via the first communications line and if the computer system is coupled to the packet switched network, a step of concurrently enabling voice communications over the first communications line using a first voice telephony device coupled to the computer system.