Patent ID: 8325711
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A switch connector for a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service, the switch connector comprising: a first switch connecting or disconnecting a first set of conductors in the connector; and a second switch connecting or disconnecting a second set of conductors in the connector, wherein the first and second set of conductors in the connector are connected between a multimedia terminal adaptor (MTA) providing VoIP service and a telephone circuit, and when a system is mechanically connected to the switch connector, the first switch and the second switch are opened resulting in telephone signals transmitted between the MTA and the telephone circuit being passed via the system, and when the system is not mechanically connected to the switch connector, the first switch and the second switch are closed resulting in telephone signals transmitted between the MTA and the telephone circuit via the closed switches.