Patent ID: 6985573
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a consumer premises equipment (CPE) configured to be connected with a plurality of call agents in response to user input, each call agent using one of a plurality of call control languages, and the user input including a selection of a call agent and call control language associated with the call agent; wherein the CPE includes at least a first telephone jack that couples the CPE to a first subscriber telephone and a second telephone jack that couple the CPE to a second subscriber telephone; wherein the first subscriber telephone communicates with a first VoIP service provider using a first call agent and a first call control language, and the second subscriber telephone communicates with a second VoIP service provider using a second call agent and a second call control language that is different from the first call control language, the first and second subscriber telephones communicating concurrently.