Patent ID: 11949819
Assignee: NT IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An analog telephone adapter (ATA) having:
a first configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send first communications via USB port and to relay the first communications from a telephone port to the USB port to enable telephony services, and
a second configuration wherein the ATA is configured to send second communications via an Ethernet port and to relay the second communications from the telephone port to the Ethernet port to enable the telephony services; and
a non-transitory storage medium storing
a first instruction for a processor to automatically configure the ATA into the first configuration upon a determination of
communications connectivity at the USB port and
no communications connectivity at the Ethernet port;

a second instruction for the processor to automatically configure the ATA into the second configuration upon a determination of
communications connectivity at the Ethernet port and
no communications connectivity at the USB port.