Patent ID: 8957939
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: an external network operable to provide network communication services; a user local area network operable to provide local area network communication services; a commercially available customer premise equipment (CPE) device operable to provide packet based telephony and data services through the external network, communication with local devices through the user local area network, and communication with plain old telephone service (POTS) devices through in home twisted pair wiring, the CPE device being operable to establish voice communication between a user of a local POTS device and a remote POTS device, and after voice communication is established, to receive input from the POTS device to establish a video connection between a local user associated with the local POTS device and a remote user associated with the remote POTS device; a local computing device operable communicate over the user local area network and receive a request from the CPE device to initiate a video session, and to display video information on a display device in response to the request, wherein video information is received from the CPE device through the user local area network, and the local computing device is further operable to capture and provide packet video information to the CPE device through the user local area network; and wherein the CPE device is operable to provide a videophone service to the local user based on the combination of the local computing device and local POTS device by modifying only its operating software image and providing the voice session to the local POTS device and the video session to the local computing device over the user local area network responsive to a request to instantiate the session receive from the local user through the local POTS device.