Patent ID: 7236484
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing wide-band voice service via a telecommunication switch, the method comprising the steps of: initiating a call from a wide-band telecommunications device to another telecommunication device through a gateway associated with at least one telecommunication network; reserving up to four digital signals for the call, in response to a request from a gateway to a telecommunications switch associated with the at least one telecommunication network; analyzing an identification number associated with the another telecommunications device utilizing the telecommunications switch to determine if the another telecommunications device comprises a wide-band telecommunications device or a narrow-band telecommunications device, thereby permitting a completion of the call from the wide-band telecommunications device to the another telecommunications device utilizing the up to four digital signals and the telecommunications switch over the at least one telecommunications network; and sending a busy signal to the wide-band telecommunications device if at least one timeslot is not available to permit a transfer of the call to the another telecommunications device when reserving the up to four digital signals for the call.