Patent ID: 6415022
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A customer programmable, building telephone wiring terminal, comprising:a chassis-box having first and second sets of telephone wiring connectors or an exterior thereof, said first connector set connectable to telephone lines and extensions leading ultimately to a phone company central office and said second connector set connectable to in-building telephone wiring leading immediately to jacks to which telephone, facsimile machine and computer modems may be connected; an electronic switch bank within said chassis-box, with first telephone signal lines connecting said first connector set to said switch bank and second telephone signal lines connecting said switch bank to said second connector set, the switch bank capable of selectively and semi-permanently cross-connecting at least a subset of first telephone signal lines to at least a subset of second telephone signal lines on a one-to-one basis; and a microcontroller system within said chassis-box and with programming access on the exterior of said chassis box, the microcontroller system connected to said electronic switch bank for controlling settings for said switch bank, whereby a customer may program the wiring terminal via said exterior programming access to connect any telephone line or extension to any jack.