Patent ID: 7724727

Claim:
A telecommunications device for communicating a call from an analog device, comprising: an analog interface operable to receive a first set of analog signals from a remote analog device; a receiver operable to receive a plurality of audio speech signals from a user and generate a second set of analog signals based on the audio speech signals; and a controller coupled to the analog interface and to the receiver and operable to determine an off-hook state external from the telecommunications device and determine an off-hook state internal to the telecommunications device, the controller further operable to: detect an external off-hook state associated with the remote analog device; receive a first identifier from the remote analog device; in response to detecting the off-hook state associated with the remote analog device and receiving the first identifier, request a first communication link according to a voice over packet protocol based on the first identifier; after the first communication link has been established, convert the first set of analog signals to a plurality of first data packets; communicate the first data packets across the first communication link according to the voice over packet protocol; detect an internal off-hook state associated with the receiver of the telecommunications device; receive a second identifier from an input element associated with the receiver; in response to detecting the off-hook state associated with the receiver and receiving the second identifier, request a second communication link according to the voice over packet protocol based on the second identifier; after the second communication link has been established, convert the second set of analog signals to a plurality of second data packets; and communicate the second data packets across the second communication link according to the voice over packet protocol.