Patent ID: 6236653
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for use in equipment for providing telephone services over a cable network, the method comprising the steps of:coupling the equipment to at least one packet facility and at least one switched facility;receiving a telephone signaling message from a switched facility coupled thereto, the telephone signaling message comprising, at least, a called party telephone number;identifying a packet address from the called party telephone number; andtransmitting the telephone signaling message in a packet form over the packet facility to the identified packet addresswherein the telephone service is Provided to a number of users and further comprising the step of storing a routing table, the routing table comprising three fields for each user: a user packet address, a telephone number and a packet address for the equipment such that for at least two users the equipment packet address is different.