Patent ID: 6728238
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system that is capable of routing POTS data from POTS devices and device data from data devices through the Internet, the public switched telephone network, and second remote terminals coupled to a terminal controller as selected by a user, comprising:first remote terminals connected to said POTS devices and said data devices that read POTS routing information generated by said POTS devices in response to a user generated POTS routing input code entered by said user proximate to a time of use of said POTS devices, said POTS routing input code indicating a POTS routing path, in addition to a POTS destination address, and data device routing information generated by said data devices in response to a user generated data device address containing routing data entered by said user proximate to a time of use of said data devices, and that generate routing control signals in response to said POTS routing information and data device routing information to route said POTS data through said public switched telephone network, said Internet and said second remote terminals in accordance with said user generated POTS routing input code, and to route said device data through said public switched telephone network, said Internet and said second remote terminals in accordance with said user generated data device address; a processor located in said terminal controller that receives said routing control signals and generates switch control signals in response to said routing control signals; a switch matrix in said terminal controller that receives said switch control signals, said switch matrix being configured in response to said switch control signals to provide data paths that route said device data and said POTS data, to be routed through the Internet, to an Internet interface, to provide data paths that route said device data and said POTS data, to be routed through said public switched telephone network, to a public switched telephone network interface and to provide data paths that route said device data and said POTS data, to be routed through said second remote terminals, directly to said second remote terminals without going through the public switched telephone network and the Internet.