Patent ID: 7324506
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A telephony exchange for providing voice and real-time communications to a plurality of user locations over telephony cabling, each location including a telephony terminal and a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem coupled to the telephony cabling, the telephony exchange comprising: a) a telephony switch operatively coupled to a circuit-switched telephony network and the telephony cabling and adapted to provide voice communications with the telephony terminal at each user location over the telephony cabling; and b) a DSL server operatively coupled to a packet network and the telephony cabling and adapted to provide real-time communications using a DSL service with the DSL modem at each user location over the telephony cabling, wherein the DSL modem is operatively coupled to a device supporting the real-time communications at the user location.