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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Michael George Gorman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Michael Steven Pickard, Highland Park, IL (US);
Denise Violetta Kagan, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Scott Christopher Goering, Naperville, IL (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin, IL (US);
Michael Tisiker, Westland, MI (US);
Jeffrey Neumann, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
David Orwick, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Michael George Gorman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Michael Steven Pickard, Highland Park, IL (US);
Denise Violetta Kagan, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Scott Christopher Goering, Naperville, IL (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin, IL (US);
Michael Tisiker, Westland, MI (US);
Jeffrey Neumann, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
David Orwick, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
SBC Properties, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A telecommunication system includes a digital switch, a local loop coupling the digital switch to a subscriber location, wherein a segment of the local loop includes copper twisted pair and wherein an asymmetrical digital subscriber line is carried by the local loop, the asymmetrical digital subscriber line including a plurality of data packets capable of carrying a plurality of derived digital telephone lines. The telecommunication system further includes a subscriber unit coupled to the asymmetrical digital subscriber line. The subscriber unit monitors the content of at least one of the plurality of data packets, receives an off-hook signal in response to an action of a user, and initiates a first derived digital telephone line of the plurality of derived digital telephone lines in response to the off-hook signal.