Patent ID: 6240084
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A network server platform, comprising:a host system including a first bus for transferring packets between the host system and peripheral devices;a telephony endpoint for converting telephony signals into digital telephony data;a network processing device including a first network interface coupled to a network for transferring the packets between devices on the network and the network server platform, a second interface coupled to the first bus for transferring the packets containing digital data received over the first interface to the host system, and a third TDM interface for transferring digital telephony data contained in packets received over the first interface to the telephony endpoint; anda second bus coupled between the third TDM interface of the network processing device and the telephony endpoint, the network processing device identifying the packets received over the first interface associated with the host system by decoding an address in a packet header and sending the digital data identified as associated with the host system through the second interface and then over the first bus,the network processing device identifying the digital telephony data contained in the packets received over the same first interface associated with the telephony endpoint by decoding the address in the packet header, reformatting the identified digital telephony data into TDM digital telephony data, and then transferring the TDM digital telephony data from the third TDM interface over the second bus to the telephony endpoint independently of the host system, the second interface, and the first bus.