Patent ID: 7079488

Claim:
A method performed by an integrated access device interfacing an ATM network non-compliant customer premises communications device with an ATM edge switch connected to an ATM network, the integrated access device being a standalone device separate from, and directly coupled to said communications device, the method comprising: receiving an off-hook indication from said communications device; in response to said receiving the off-hook indication, signaling to a call agent located in the ATM network to create to establish a call including a first traffic characteristic over the ATM network to a second customer premises communications device through a second integrated access device directly coupled to said second customer premises communications device; receiving a telephonic signal from said communications device subsequent to said establishment of the call; monitoring said received telephonic signal to determine that the call includes facsimile or modem traffic; and in response to said determination that the call includes facsimile or modem traffic, requesting and causing a modification of said established call to replace the first traffic characteristic with a second traffic characteristic, said request being communicated to the second integrated access device; and receiving a modification acknowledgement message from the second integrated access device in response to said request for modification of said established call.