Patent ID: 7203226

Claim:
A communication apparatus, comprising: a) a communication interface for communicating with a first remote entity, the first remote entity including a decoder capable of decoding data encoded according to a first encoding format; b) a control entity operative to detect an attempt by a second remote entity to establish a TFO connection with said communication apparatus via said communication interface, for sending to the first remote entity, via said communication apparatus data encoded according to a second encoding format, different from the first encoding format, the decoder at the first remote entity being incompatible with data encoded according to the second encoding format, said control entity detecting an attempt by the second remote entity to establish a TFO connection by monitoring control messages sent by the second remote entity to said communication apparatus; c) in response to the detecting, said control entity enabling a converter to convert data encoded according to the second encoding format received from the second remote entity into data encoded according to the first encoded format, and sending the data encoded according to the first encoded format to the first remote entity via said communication interface.