Patent ID: 7324632

Claim:
A distribution device of a data signal processing system for selectively combining and splitting data signals made up of speech data signals and computer data signals, the distribution device comprising: a distribution block having an accommodating apparatus configured to hold a plurality of functional elements in a stacked manner and that has connected thereto first, second and third signal-carrying conductors; at least one functional element operably held in the accommodating apparatus and having circuitry that distributes the speech data signals and the computer data signals transmitted by the first, second and third signal-carrying conductors to the distribution block; and a data signal preprocessing unit arranged in the accommodating apparatus so as to be electrically connected to the at least one functional element, the data signal processing unit being adapted to receive the speech data signals and computer data signals and split or combine them in a predetermined manner so as to distribute them in a destination-oriented manner to the first, second and/or third signal-carrying conductors via the at least one functional element.