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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Mark W. Stober, Lutz, FL (US);
Kiran Patel, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);
Jyothival Shivan, Tampa, FL (US);
Andrew Miller, Land O'Lakes, FL (US);
Sutap Chatterjee, Tampa, FL (US);
Khalid Ahmed, Tampa, FL (US);
Mark W. Stober, Lutz, FL (US);
Kiran Patel, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);
Jyothival Shivan, Tampa, FL (US);
Andrew Miller, Land O'Lakes, FL (US);
Sutap Chatterjee, Tampa, FL (US);
Khalid Ahmed, Tampa, FL (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device receives a request from an Internet Protocol (IP)-based device to create a virtual extension of a plain old telephone service (POTS)-based telephone line, authenticates the IP-based device for association with the POTS-based telephone line, and creates the virtual extension of the POTS-based telephone line to the IP-based device when the IP-based device is authenticated.