Patent ID: 9628964
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A device-specific interface for interfacing a first device directly to a particular second device in a voice communications system, where the device-specific interface is specific to the particular second device only, and the second device requires or specifies particular settings to configure the first device to exchange electronic data with the second device, the interface comprising: first and second connectors for connecting the interface to the first and second devices, respectively; an electronic data connection between the first connector and the second connector; an integrated circuit comprising a memory holding digital information relating to identification of the particular second device and/or relating to the particular settings to be used by the first device when communicating with the particular second device, wherein the digital information is accessed to exchange the electronic data with the particular second device via the electronic data connection, wherein the particular settings are uploaded from the memory to the first device via the first connector; and a digital data interface between the first connector and the integrated circuit enabling the first device to access the digital information.