Patent ID: 8238328
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system in a building for connecting a telephone set to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based telephone network other than a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) via a home network, for use with a PSTN suitable for providing Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) service, the PSTN being operated by a first telephone service provider and comprising a local loop, and an IP-Based telephone service network external to the building for carrying Voice over IP (VoIP) packets and operated by a second telephone service provider different from said first telephone service provider, said system comprising: a telephone wire pair that forms a part of the home network and that is at least in part in walls of the building, connected to the local-loop and accessible at an outlet opening, said telephone wire pair being connected for carrying a digital data signal in a digital data frequency band that is distinct from, and higher than, a voice band, the digital data signal containing one or more digitized telephone signals; a gateway connected to said telephone wire pair at a first connection point, said gateway being couplable to the PSTN and to the IP-Based telephone service network, said gateway being operative to pass the one or more digitized telephone signals between the IP-Based telephone service network and said telephone wire pair; and a first adapter housed in a single enclosure connected to said telephone wire pair at a second connection point distinct from said first connection point and connectable to a first telephone set, said first adapter being operative for converting between analog and digital telephone signals and to couple a first digitized telephone signal carried over said telephone wire pair to the first telephone set.