Patent ID: 8750471

Claim:
A telephone call processor for processing telephone calls comprising voice signals and data signals, the call processor comprising a first telephone interface, a second telephone interface, and a data interface, the call processor being operable in a first mode and in a second mode, wherein: in the first mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface and to transmit voice signals and data signals to the second telephone interface; and in the second mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface, to block data signals from being transmitted to the second telephone interface, to transmit voice signals to the second telephone interface and to extract data from the data signals received at the first and/or second telephone interfaces, and to transmit data signals to and to receive data signals from an external entity via the data interface in dependence on the extracted data and on data signals received at the first and/or second telephone interfaces.