Patent ID: 8265255

Claim:
An endpoint system for media communication, the endpoint system comprising: a resource-limited device configured to at least one of receive and output at least one of audio information and graphic information; and a base station configured to negotiate with the resource-limited device to determine a feature subset of the resource-limited device, communicate media and control packets with the resource-limited device via a permanent virtual circuit, wherein media packets transmitted from the base station to the resource-limited device are selected based on the feature subset of the resource-limited device, establish a switched virtual circuit with an endpoint device via a communications channel, and translate media packets between the permanent virtual circuit and the switched virtual circuit, wherein the base station is included in one of a cordless telephone base station or a telephone cradle, wherein the base station comprises a media converter configured to (i) convert media packets from the communications channel into a first digital audio compression format and (ii) convert media packets from the resource-limited device into a second digital audio compression format, wherein the resource-limited device is configured to selectively operate in a standby mode, and in the standby mode, the resource-limited device is configured to power components necessary to monitor for a resume signal from the base station, and wherein the permanent virtual circuit includes one of a predetermined user datagram protocol (UDP) port or a negotiated UDP port.