Patent ID: 7492756

Claim:
A telecommunication system for enabling an end user to select communication services from a plurality of communication service networks, wherein each service network provides a different communication service, said system comprising: a telecommunication switch in a switched portion of the system, said telecommunication switch connected to the plurality of communication service networks and including means for prioritizing communications from particular service networks; and a plurality of local network terminals that communicate with the switch through connections configured to carry communications for the plurality of different services provided by the service networks, each of said network terminals including: a plurality of service sorts for connecting a plurality of user devices to the network terminal, each of the user devices being configured to support a corresponding communication service; means for configuring the plurality of service ports for the respective user devices; and means for providing communications for a corresponding service to an activating user device in response to an activation of a service port by the activating user device; wherein at least one of the service networks provides intranet communications and at least one of the service networks provides television communications, and the system further comprises a server in the intranet service network for storing different channels of the television service network.