Patent ID: 6243377
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for providing simultaneous telephone and Internet services for subscribers having single telephone line connections between their premises and a communication exchange, comprising:providing each subscriber with home connection equipment for converting respective outgoing voice and Internet data signals into a single outgoing TDM signal and for converting a respective incoming TDM signal into separate incoming voice and Internet data signals;providing each subscriber with exchange connection equipment for converting respective outgoing TDM signals into separate outgoing voice and Internet data signals and for converting respective incoming voice and Internet data signals into a single incoming TDM signal;receiving a plurality of outgoing TDM signals from the subscribers' home connection equipment and converting the signals into a plurality of outgoing voice and Internet data signals using respective exchange connection equipment;forming groups of the plurality of outgoing Internet data signals from the exchange connection equipment into respective transmission streams in an exchange network system, and passing the transmission streams into a packet network which is external to the exchange;passing the plurality of outgoing voice signals through a plurality of circuit switches into a telephone network which is external to the exchange;receiving a plurality of incoming voice signals for the subscribers from the telephone network and a plurality of incoming Internet data signals for the subscribers from the packet network;converting the incoming voice and Internet data signals for each subscriber into respective incoming TDM signals using the exchange connection equipment; andpassing the incoming TDM signals to the subscribers over their respective telephone line connections for conversion into separate voice and Internet data signals by their home connection equipment.