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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Goangshiuan Shawn Ying, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene L. Edmon, Danville, CA (US);
Carlton Ligar Brown, Danville, CA (US);
Goangshiuan Shawn Ying, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene L. Edmon, Danville, CA (US);
Carlton Ligar Brown, Danville, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods for utilizing a stand-alone Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone with traditional plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone support is disclosed. A stand-alone VoIP telephone with an analog telephone adaptor supporting a plurality of external analog telephone sets and a digital Internet protocol (IP) interface to support VoIP voice data communication over a data channel is presented. The VoIP telephone is used to establish VoIP service line data connections between a VoIP telephone and a data switch to an IP network. The VoIP telephone receives an analog telephone signal from an external analog telephone and establishes a voice connection between the external analog telephone and the VoIP telephone.