Patent ID: 6876648
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An internet based telephone apparatus, the apparatus comprising: voice input/output means for inputting and outputting a user's voice and voice signal of the opposite party; first signal converting means for converting the user's voice to a digital voice signal; transmitting/receiving means for forming a first communication route with a telephone of a first opposite party through internet network, packeting the user's digital voice signal to send the user's digital voice signal to the telephone of the first opposite party through the first communication route and for including a voice signal from the telephone of the first opposite party received through the first communication route; control means for controlling the transmitting/receiving means; second signal converting means for converting the decomposed voice digital signal to an analogue signal to output same to the voice input/output means; and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) connection means for forming a communication route with PSTN and third signal converting means for converting analogue signal including analogue voice signal from the PSTN to a digital signal, wherein the transmitting/receiving means further comprises fourth signal converting means for forming a second communication route with a telephone of a second opposite party through internet network, packeting a digital voice signal from the third signal converting means to send same to the telephone of the second opposite party through the second communication route, decomposing packet data including the voice signal from the telephone of the second opposite party received through the second communication route, and converting the decomposed voice digital signal from the second communication route to an analogue signal to output same to the PSTN connection means through the PSTN.