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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Mary Colleen Cattani, Brigantine, NJ (US);
Pierre A. Brice, Edison, NJ (US);
Mary Colleen Cattani, Brigantine, NJ (US);
Pierre A. Brice, Edison, NJ (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A call processing module includes a first network interface configured to communicate over a packet-switched network and a second network interface configured to communicate with a local subscriber over a broadband access network employing RF modulation. A call manager is provided which includes a database associating a local subscriber telephone number with an address of a client device associated with the local subscriber for a plurality of subscribers authorized to receive telephony service. A frequency handler is provided for allocating to the client device a receive frequency and a transmit frequency to be used by the client device over the broadband access network during a telephony call. The call processing module also includes a session manager configured to generate and receive signaling messages for establishing the telephony call between the local subscriber and a remote subscriber over the broadband access network and the packet-switched network as well as over the broadband access network and a circuit-switched network in communication with the packet-switched network.