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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Method and apparatus for providing integrated voice and data services over a common interface device
Joel M. Krause, Princeton, TX (US);
G. Lance Lockhart, Allen, TX (US);
John L. Truetken, McKinney, TX (US);
Christopher A. Martin, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Jeffery A. Haltom, Fishers, IN (US);
Joel M. Krause, Princeton, TX (US);
G. Lance Lockhart, Allen, TX (US);
John L. Truetken, McKinney, TX (US);
Christopher A. Martin, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Jeffery A. Haltom, Fishers, IN (US);
Verizon Business Global LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for supporting integrated voice and data services over a common Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device. The device includes a network interface that receives a call from a calling party device to a called party device. Also, the device has signaling conversion logic configured to convert between Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling and circuit-switched telephony signaling to support the call, wherein addressing information of the calling party device is preserved in the conversion. The called party device includes one of a telephone station and a SIP client. The device further includes a voice port coupled to the signaling conversion logic and configured to communicate selectively with the telephone station; and a data port configured to communicate selectively with the SIP client.