Patent ID: 6928071
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a terminal adapter, through which a digital terminal device is coupled to a digital communication network interface that provides internet communication service to said digital terminal device, to conduct in-band communications with said digital terminal device during an internet communication session between said digital terminal device and said digital communication network interface, said method comprising the steps of: (a) in the course of a data link establishment communication exchange between said digital communication network interface and said digital terminal device, identifying an internet protocol address of said digital terminal device and an internet protocol address of said digital communication network interface for said internet communication session, in accordance with digital communication signals passing through said terminal adapter between said digital communication network interface and said digital terminal device; (b) in the course of said internet communication session between said digital terminal device and said digital communication network interface, generating in-band communication signals that contain internet protocol addresses identified in step (a); and (c) transmitting said in-band communication signals generated in step (b) in accordance with a prescribed digital data communication protocol, to a predetermined destination port employed by a communication control mechanism of said digital terminal device running said prescribed digital data communication protocol.