Patent ID: 6067318
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A data communications system having at least one mode of operation for bidirectionally transferring data at a high performance rate between said system and data terminal equipment, said data terminal equipment including at least one equipment parallel port, said system comprising:at least one system parallel port for coupling said communications system to said equipment parallel port of said data terminal equipment so as to create a parallel interface through which data can be transferred in parallel data units between said communications system and said data terminal equipment;means for transmitting data in said parallel data units through said system parallel port to said equipment parallel port, and for receiving data in said parallel data units through said system parallel port from said equipment parallel port;a system communications port for coupling said communications system to a telephone network so that data received from said data terminal equipment can be transmitted over said telephone network, and data received from said telephone network can be transmitted in said parallel data units through said system parallel port; andmeans for transmitting said data to and receiving data from said data terminal equipment in accordance with a packetized data protocol, said packetized data protocol including transmitting said data to and receiving data from said data terminal equipment in the form of packets comprising at least two parallel data units.