Patent ID: 8499338

Claim:
An Internet Protocol (IP) controlled modem device comprising: an IP communication interface portion configured to receive a single modem packet from a user IP system, wherein the single modem packet comprises a destination IP address, a destination IP port number, an access code, and a modem command to initiate a voice call; a processing system portion configured to determine if the access code, the destination IP address, and the destination IP port number are authorized for modem control, and only if the access code, the destination IP address, and the destination IP port number are all authorized for modem control, then to process the modem command to generate a corresponding transceiver instruction to initiate the voice call; a wireless transceiver portion configured to process the transceiver instruction to wirelessly transfer call set-up signaling to a wireless communication network to initiate the voice call; the IP communication interface portion is configured to receive a user data packet; and the wireless transceiver portion is configured to wirelessly transfer the user data packet over the voice call.