Patent ID: 6195358
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of processing, at a voice processing gateway system, an internet telephony message comprising voice data said method comprising the steps of:receiving said message in accordance with the Internet Protocol at said gateway system in a first internet telephony format from a first computer connected to the internet;performing on a digital signal processor channel at said gateway system a first conversion of the message from the first internet telephony format to an intermediate format in conformity with the internal processing of said gateway system;performing on an adjacent digital signal processor channel at said gateway system a second conversion of the message from the intermediate format to a second format said second format being a different format to said first format whereby said second conversion is not a conversion back to said first format but a conversion to a format different to said first format;sending from said gateway system in accordance with the Internet Protocol the message in the second format to a second computer connected to the internet.