Method and apparatus for providing voice signals to and from a telecommunications switch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6512764
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09356250

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A voice gateway (64) includes an input port (70) that receives a voice signal from an unbundled analog line (62) coupled to a Class 5 switch (52). The voice signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converting unit (76). The voice signal is placed into a compressed format by a compressing/decompressing unit (80) using a selected one of a plurality of compression ratios. The voice signal is placed into a transport frame by a packetizing/depacketizing unit (84) according to a selected packet format. The voice signal is multiplexed with other voice signals by an output port (88). The output port (88) places the voice signal onto a selected one of a plurality of output lines in order to transport the voice signal in its transport frame to one of an office customer premises (12) and a residence customer premises (14).

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SILICON VALLEY BANK AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT3003 TASMAN DRIVE HF 150 SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carew, A J Paul Austin, TX 9 111
Lutz, Jr Ronald D Round Rock, TX 11 210
Mills, Brendon W Austin, TX 10 547

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