Charles J Fette

US Patent:

44880049, Dec 11, 1984

Filed:

Mar 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/363421

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Mary R. Dedisse - Denver CO
Radhakrishna S. Divakaruni - Boulder CO
Charles J. Fette - Parker CO
Keith S. Knight - Golden CO
Karen L. Page - Arvada CO
Thornton S. Paxton - Broomfield CO

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 706
H04Q 354

US Classification:

179 18AD

Abstract:

An arrangement for according station and attendant feature transparency between independently operational PBXs of a PBX network. Each PBX includes a switch processor, station lines and tie-trunks extending to other PBXs. Each PBX also has a Direct Memory Data Controller (DMDC) for transmitting service or feature related data messages associated with tie-trunk calls to other PBXs over data links. On an interPBX call, the DMDC in a calling PBX transmits a data message to a DMDC in the called PBX over a direct link between the calling and called PBXs. In the event there is no direct link between the calling and called PBXs, the DMDC in the calling PBX transmits a message over a data link to a DMDC at a tandem PBX which, in turn, sends the message over a link to a DMDC in the called PBX. The DMDC in the called PBX processes the received data message and, by direct memory access, sends the message to its switch processor which provides the specified feature or other service required on the call above and beyond the establishment of a voice path connection between the calling and called stations. This arrangement allows interPBX calls to appear to the customers as if they are served by a single large PBX.

US Patent:

53655770, Nov 15, 1994

Filed:

May 1, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/877328

Inventors:

Richard A. Davis - Boulder CO
Ronald K. Witmore - Lafayette CO
Charles J. Fette - Parker CO
Anthony J. Brittain - Boulder CO
Peter Mathys - Boulder CO

Assignee:

Radish Communications Systems, Inc. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379 96

Abstract:

A telecommunication system provides voice and data communications over a conventional telephone line that can be dynamically switched from voice mode to data mode during a single conversation. Each station includes a telephone for voice communications and bypass relay means for selectively connecting the telephone to the telephone line in voice mode and disconnecting the telephone while operating in data mode. Prior to transmitting data, the originating station first transmits a start signal over the telephone line that includes a rate signal indicating one of the several possible data transmission rates. If a station detects a start signal transmitted by a remote station, a microcontroller directs the bypass relay means and modem to automatically switch from voice mode to data mode in preparation for receiving data from the originating station.