Patent ID: 6125127
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
In a system having a plurality of telephones coupled to a communications controller which is connected to an integrated services digital network (ISDN) line of a telecommunications network, the ISDN line having two bearer channels of predetermined bandwidth and a data channel and the plurality of telephones being represented by a plurality of identifiers, a method for convenient incoming call acceptance comprising:associating each identifier for the plurality of telephones with a distinctive ring pattern;receiving, on the data channel, a dialed identifier of the plurality of identifiers which was dialed in connection with an incoming call;ringing idle telephones of the plurality of telephones according to the distinctive ring pattern associated with the dialed identifier; andconnecting a first telephone of the idle telephones which goes off-hook, through a voice subchannel extracted from the bandwidth of the two bearer channels, to the incoming call;wherein the voice subchannel is extracted from at least one of the two bearer channels, and wherein data for the at least one bearer channel is formatted using octets and each octet which contains data for the at least one bearer channel is subdivided to provide at least one bit for the voice subchannel.