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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl Robert Posthuma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ; H04M 9/00 ; H04M 9/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ; H04M 9/00 ; H04M 9/08 ;
Abstract
A communication system and method for allocating overhead voltage between a telephonic switch and a user device is described. A line driver is located in the telephonic switch and is coupled to the user device. The line driver is in one of a plurality of communication states. A processor, coupled to the line driver, allocates the overhead voltage in response to the communication state of the line driver.