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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Goangshiuan Shawn Ying, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene L. Edmon, Danville, CA (US);
Steve M. Aspell, Brentwood, CA (US);
Goangshiuan Shawn Ying, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene L. Edmon, Danville, CA (US);
Steve M. Aspell, Brentwood, CA (US);
SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is generally directed to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone apparatus and a communication system for carrying VoIP traffic. In a particular embodiment, the VoIP telephone apparatus includes an encoder and decoder module responsive to a handset of the VoIP telephone apparatus, a data processor responsive to the encoder and decoder module, a point to point over Ethernet (PPPoE) client software module responsive to the data processor; a memory to store PPPoE session information, and a PPPoE function key that is used to launch a PPPoE communication session.