Patent ID: 8983059
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus ( 100 , 200 ) for interfacing a telephone ( 12 ) with a telecommunications network ( 24 ), wherein the apparatus is external to both of the telephone and the telecommunications network, and wherein the telephone provides and accepts subscriber-side signals ( 126 , 216 ) and the telecommunications network provides and accepts provider-side signals ( 132 ), the subscriber-side signals include subscriber-side control content ( 128 , 218 ) and subscriber-side voice content ( 130 , 220 ), and the provider-side signals include provider-side control content ( 134 ) and provider-side voice content ( 136 ), the apparatus comprising: a control circuit ( a first port ( a second port ( said control circuit converts the subscriber-side control content to the provider-side control content, and converts the provider-side control content to the subscriber-side control content; and said control circuit converts the subscriber-side voice content to the provider-side voice content, and converts the provider-side voice content to the subscriber-side voice content.