Patent ID: 6263000
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A trading communication system, comprising:a line control unit, including a channel switch circuit, a plurality of line trunks connection to said channel switch circuit and adapted to be connected to line networks, and a plurality of line circuits connected to said channel switch circuit, each line circuit having two call channels and control channel;a plurality of first terminal adapters connected to said plurality of line circuits, at least some of said plurality of first terminal adapters adapted to be connected to an integrated service digital network having two call channels;a first trading call terminal connected to one of said plurality of line circuits;a plurality of second trading call terminals at locations remote from said line control unit, each of said second trading call terminals including two telephone handsets, each handset capable of receiving or transmitting a call so that each of said second trading call terminals is capable of receiving and/or transmitting two calls simultaneously; anda plurality of second terminal adapters connected to said plurality of second trading call terminals and adapted to be connected to said integrated service digital network to connect said plurality of first terminal adapters to said plurality of second trading call terminals through said integrated service digital network, thereby connecting said line circuits and said second trading call terminals, wherein:environmental information about said trading communication system is provided on one call channel of said line circuits for transmission through said first terminal adapters, one call channel of said integrated service digital network, and said second terminal adapters to said second trading call terminals; andvoice information transmitted between said line control unit and said second trading call terminals is compressed and transmitted through said two call channels of said line circuits, said first terminal adapters, one call channel of said integrated service digital network, and said second terminal adapters, and call control information related to the call connect status of said trading communication system is transmitted through said control channel of said line circuits, said first terminal adapters, the second call channel of said integrated service digital network, and said second terminal adapters.