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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Robert M. Klein, Denver, CO (US);
Inventor:
Robert M. Klein, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing a communications server for use with a circuit based telephony system with an Internet protocol telephony system are provided. The present invention enables service providers to service both tip-ring telephony type communications and Internet protocol telephony type communications using a single communications server. In addition, the present invention enables existing tip-ring telephony type communications servers to be modified to support Internet telephony communications.