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

Claim 10:
11. An analog telephone adapter (ATA) for VoIP telephony services and is configured to allow a user to gain telephone connectivity between a handset and the internet, the ATA comprising:
a body;
a USB port secured to the body;
an Ethernet port secured to the body;
a telephone port, secured to the body, and configured to transmit signals to the handset;
a processor in the body; and
a non-transitory storage medium in the body;
the ATA having
a first configuration wherein the ATA is configured to relay first communications from the telephone port to the USB port to enable the VoIP telephony services via the internet, wherein all the first communications sent by the ATA, from the USB port, originate from
the telephone port,
or a component within the body;

a second configuration wherein the ATA is configured to relay second communications from the telephone port to the Ethernet port to enable the VoIP telephony services via the internet;

the non-transitory storage medium having a plug-and-play instruction set for the processor to
automatically configure the ATA into the first configuration when
the USB port is enabled as a first active communications interface and
the Ethernet port is not enabled a second active communications interface, and

automatically configure the ATA into the second configuration when
the Ethernet port is enabled as the second active communications interface and
the USB port is not enabled as the first active communications interface.