Patent ID: 6553024
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of providing performance features made available to internal subscriber terminating lines in a communications system to an external terminal, the method which comprises:communicating between internal terminals and a communications system within a defined signaling protocol; providing a teleworking subscriber line module in the communications system; providing a teleworking computer for controlling the teleworking subscriber line module and connecting the teleworking computer to the teleworking subscriber line module via a local computer network; setting up a voice link between an external terminal and the teleworking subscriber line module of the communications system by signing on the external terminal with the communications system; transferring via the voice link control information input at the external terminal in the form of assigned DTMF signals to the teleworking subscriber line module; and identifying the DTMF signals received at the teleworking subscriber line module, converting the DTMF signals into terminal-oriented signaling information according to the defined signaling protocol, and transferring the converted DTMF signals to a control unit of the communications system via the teleworking computer.