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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
David L. Basore, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Barry S. Bosik, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Moshiur Rahman, Freehold, NJ (US);
David L. Basore, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Barry S. Bosik, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Moshiur Rahman, Freehold, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a network interface device and a communication network incorporating the network interface device. The network interface device may receive incoming calls placed from a copper loop network, a cable network or wireless network, determine CallerID information of the call and the IP address of at least one end device and multicast the CallerID information to at least one end device such as a television, stereo or computer, for example.