Patent ID: 7599355

Claim:
A voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) phone apparatus comprising: a. an FXO circuit attachable to an external POTS line and operatively connected to a Telephony Control IC and a Microcontroller, the FXO circuit providing Ringing and Status signals to the Telephony Control IC and generalized FXO-RX and FXO-TX signals to an Analog Audio Switch Matrix subcomponent of the Telephony Control IC; b. at least one Audio Transducer set comprising at least one microphone and at least one speaker operatively connected to the included Analog Audio Switch Matrix subcomponent of the Telephony Control IC; c. the Microcontroller operatively connected to a keypad, a Computing Processor, an electrical power source, and the Telephony Control IC, for providing and receiving control and state signals to and from the Telephony Control IC; d. at least two A-D converter sets operatively connected to the Computing Processor for dealing with digitized audio signal I/O with said Computing Processor, providing matching analog signal I/O over two signal sets: AOUT1 and AIN1; AOUT2 and AIN2; with the Telephony Control IC; and e. said Computing Processor being equipped with a Memory Subsystem and Networks interface configured for communication with a LAN or WAN if connected, and a user interface comprising a display, input device and indicators.