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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 | UP-0469576 (2001-10-15) |
등록번호 | US-7542554 (2009-07-01) |
우선권정보 | IL-144158(2001-07-05) |
국제출원번호 | PCT/IL01/000954 (2001-10-15) |
§371/§102 date | 20040212 (20040212) |
국제공개번호 | WO03/005691 (2003-01-16) |
발명자 / 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 15 인용 특허 : 497 |
An outlet for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter that converts VoIP to and from analog telephony, and a standard telephone jack (e.g. RJ-11 in North America) for connecting an ordinary analog (POTS) telephone set. Such an outlet allows using analog telephone sets in a VoIP
An outlet for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter that converts VoIP to and from analog telephony, and a standard telephone jack (e.g. RJ-11 in North America) for connecting an ordinary analog (POTS) telephone set. Such an outlet allows using analog telephone sets in a VoIP environment, eliminating the need for an IP telephone set or external adapter. The outlet may also include a hub that allows connecting both an analog telephone set via an adapter, as well as retaining the data network connection, which may be accessed by a network jack. The invention may also be applied to a telephone line-based data networking system. In such an environment, the data networking circuitry as well as the VoIP/POTS adapters are integrated into a telephone outlet, providing for regular analog service, VoIP telephony service using an analog telephone set, and data networking as well. In such a configuration, the outlet requires two standard telephone jacks and a data-networking jack. Outlets according to the invention can be used to retrofit existing LAN and in-building telephone wiring, as well as original equipment in new installation.
The invention claimed is: 1. An outlet for connecting an analog telephone set to a digital data network carrying voice signals in digital form, the digital network based on wiring in a building, the outlet being adapted for mechanical attachment to, or mounting in, a wall of the building and compri
The invention claimed is: 1. An outlet for connecting an analog telephone set to a digital data network carrying voice signals in digital form, the digital network based on wiring in a building, the outlet being adapted for mechanical attachment to, or mounting in, a wall of the building and comprising: a connector for connecting the outlet to the wiring within a building; a telephone jack for connecting an analog telephone set; and an adapter coupled between the connector and the telephone jack for converting between voice signals in digital form and analog telephone signals, said outlet further comprising a low-pass filter coupled to a telephone jack for allowing connection of an analog telephone. 2. The outlet of claim 1, being furthermore operative to establishing life-line communications, and further comprising a relay operative to disconnect the telephone jack from the adapter and connect the telephone jack to the low-pass filter. 3. An outlet for connecting an analog telephone set to a digital data network carrying voice signals in digital form, the digital network based on wiring in a building, the outlet being adapted for mechanical attachment to, or mounting in, a wall of the building and comprising: a connector for connecting the outlet to the wiring within a building; a telephone jack for connecting an analog telephone set; and an adapter coupled between the connector and the telephone jack for converting between voice signals in digital form and analog telephone signals, said outlet further including an integrated unit, for isolating data carried over the wiring from a main service signal. 4. The outlet of claim 3, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is an electrical AC power signal and the integrated unit is adapted to split the AC power and feed it to a socket, there being further included a power-line carrier (PLC) modem for interfacing the hub to the integrated unit, and allowing data communication over the AC power line. 5. The outlet of claim 3, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is a CATV signal and the integrated unit is adapted to isolate the CATV signal from the data signal, there being further included a coaxial cable modem for interfacing the hub to the integrated unit, and allowing data communication over the CATV wiring. 6. An outlet for connecting an analog telephone set to a digital data network carrying voice signals in digital form, the digital network based on wiring in a building, the outlet being adapted for mechanical attachment to, or mounting in, a wall of the building and comprising: a connector for connecting the outlet to the wiring within a building; a telephone jack for connecting an analog telephone set; and an adapter coupled between the connector and the telephone jack for converting between voice signals in digital form and analog telephone signals, said outlet further including an integrated unit, for isolating data carried over the wiring from a main service signal, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is telephony, and the integrated unit includes a low-pass filter and a high-pass filter. 7. The outlet of claim 6, being furthermore operative to establishing life-line communications, and further comprising a relay-operative to disconnect the telephone jack from the adapter and connect the telephone jack to the low-pass filter. 8. A network operative to carrying voice signals in digital form and operative to connecting an analog telephone set, the network comprising wiring and a least one outlet, wherein said at least one outlet includes: a connector for connecting said at least one outlet to said wiring; a telephone jack for connecting an analog telephone set; and an adapter coupled between the connector and the telephone jack for converting the voice signals in digital form to an analog telephone signal. wherein the outlet further comprises a low-pass filter coupled to a telephone jack for allowing connection of an analog telephone. 9. The network of claim 8, being furthermore operative to establishing life-line communications, wherein the outlet further comprises a relay operative to disconnect the telephone jack from the adapter and connect the telephone jack to the low-pass filter. 10. A network operative to carrying voice signals in digital form and operative to connecting an analog telephone set, the network comprising wiring and a least one outlet, wherein said at least one outlet includes: a connector for connecting said at least one outlet to said wiring; a telephone jack for connecting an analog telephone set; and an adapter coupled between the connector and the telephone jack for converting the voice signals in digital form to an analog telephone signal, said network further including an integrated unit, for isolating data carried over the wiring from a main service signal. 11. The network of claim 10, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is telephony, and the integrated unit includes a low-pass filter and a high-pass filter. 12. The network of claim 10, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is an electrical AC power signal and the integrated unit is adapted to split the AC power and feed it to a socket, there being further included a power-line carrier (PLC) modem for interfacing the hub to the integrated unit, and allowing data communication over the AC power line. 13. The network of claim 10, wherein the main service signal carried by said wiring is a CATV signal and the integrated unit is adapted to isolate the CATV signal from the data signal, there being further included a coaxial cable modem for interfacing the hub to the integrated unit, and allowing data communication over the CATV wiring. 14. A wired digital network within a building, operative to carry voice signal in digital form, sad network including wiring and at least one outlet mechanically attached to, or mounted in, a wall of the building and connected to said wiring, and being configured for connection of at least one analog telephone set via at least one standard telephony connector included in the at least one outlet, wherein the wiring is telephone wiring for supporting a telephone service, the at least one outlet includes a telephone connector for connecting a feeder of the telephone service thereto, and the at least one outlet is configured to retain life-line capability of the telephone service even during a power failure. 15. The network according to claim 14, wherein the outlet includes a low-pass filter coupled to the telephone connector and a relay operative to disconnect the telephone connector from the adapter and connect the telephone connector to the low-pass filter. 16. A wired digital network within a building, operative to carry voice signal in digital form, said network including wiring and at least one outlet mechanically attached to, or mounted in, a wall of the building and connected to said wiring, and being configured for connection of at least one analog telephone set via at least one standard telephony connector included in the at east one outlet, wherein the wiring is electricity wiring for supporting an AC power service. 17. The network as in claim 16, wherein the at least one outlet includes an AC power connector for connecting a feeder of the AC power service thereto. 18. A wired digital network within a building, operative to carry voice signal in digital form, said network including wiring and at least one outlet mechanically attached to, or mounted in, a wall of the building and connected to said wiring, and being configured for connection of at least one analog telephone set via at least one standard telephony connector included in the at least one outlet, wherein the wiring is CATV wiring for supporting a CATV service. 19. The network as in claim 18, wherein the at least one outlet includes a CATV connector for connecting a feeder of the CATV service thereto. 20. An outlet for coupling wiring installed in a wall for carrying serial digital data over a digital data frequency band, the serial digital data comprising digitized analog data, to an analog device, the outlet comprising: a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring; data conducting means comprising one of a transceiver, a receiver and a transmitter coupled to said wiring connector for conducting communication of the serial digital data over the wiring; an analog connector connectable to the analog device for coupling an analog signal to the analog device; a converter for converting between analog and digital signals coupled between said analog connector and said data conducting means, said converter including at least one of an analog-to-digital converter and a digital-to-analog converter; a power port couplable to a power source and coupled to said data conducting means and to said converter for powering said conducting means and said converter from the power source; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data conducting means, said analog connector, said converter, and said power port; wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening in the wall. 21. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein said in-wall wiring is one of: a twisted-wire pair; a coaxial CATV cable; a telephone wire-pair; and AC power wiring, and further wherein said data conducting means is adapted to conduct the serial digital data over the wiring. 22. The outlet according to claim 21, wherein: the wiring is connected to simultaneously carry a service signal over a service signal frequency band using frequency multiplexing; the service signal frequency band is distinct from the digital data frequency band; and the outlet further comprises a filter for substantially passing only the digital data is coupled between said wiring connector and said data conducting means. 23. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein said converter includes both an analog-to-digital converter and a digital-to-analog converter, and said data conducting means comprises a transceiver operative for bi-directional communication over the wiring. 24. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein said single enclosure is constructed to have at least one of the following: a form substantially similar to that of a standard outlet; wall mounting elements substantially similar to those of a standard wall outlet; a shape allowing direct mounting in an outlet opening or cavity; and a form to at least in part substitute for a standard outlet. 25. The outlet according to claim 20 operative for coupling voice or audio signals, wherein the analog device is a voice device, said analog connector is a standard voice connector, and the digitized analog signal is a digitized voice signal. 26. The outlet according to claim 20 operative for telephony, wherein the analog device is an analog telephone set, said analog connector is a standard telephone connector, the analog signal is a telephone signal, and the digitized analog data is digitized telephony data. 27. The outlet according to claim 26, wherein the digitized telephony data is based on a Voice over Internet Protocol standard. 28. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein the serial digital data is packet-based. 29. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein the wiring is connected to concurrently carry a power signal, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for receiving the power signal. 30. The outlet according to claim 29, wherein the wiring is AC power wiring carrying AC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for receiving the AC power signal. 31. The outlet according to claim 29, wherein the wiring is a LAN twisted-pair wiring connected to carry DC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for receiving the DC power signal. 32. The outlet according to claim 31, wherein the DC power is carried according to a Power-over-Ethernet standard. 33. The outlet according to claim 29, wherein the power signal is carried using a phantom connection or frequency multiplexing. 34. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein said data conducting means includes a transceiver that is operative to bi-directionally communicate with one or more identical transceivers over the wiring. 35. The outlet according to claim 20, wherein said data conducting means includes a transceiver that is operative to bi-directionally point-to-point communicate with only a single mating transceiver over the wiring. 36. The outlet according to claim 20 further operative for coupling an analog telephone signal carried over the wiring to an analog telephone set, the analog telephone signal being frequency multiplexed in an analog telephone frequency band distinct from the digital data frequency band, and the outlet further comprising: standard analog telephone connector for connecting the analog telephone set; and a filter coupled between said wiring connector and said standard telephone connector for substantially passing only the analog telephone signal. 37. The outlet according to claim 36 wherein the wiring is a telephone wire pair and said filter is a low pass filter. 38. The outlet according to claim 20 wherein: the serial digital data further comprises first digital data distinct from, and time multiplexed with, the digitized analog data; said outlet is further operative for coupling the first digital data to a data unit; and said outlet further comprises: a standard digital data connector for connecting to the data unit; and a time multiplexer/demultiplexer coupled between said data conducting means, said digital data connector and said converter, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer being operative to pass only the digitized analog data between said data conducting means and said converter and to pass only the first digital data between said data conducting means and said digital data connector. 39. The outlet according to claim 38, wherein connection with the data unit is Ethernet based, and said time multiplexer/demultiplexer comprises one of: a hub; a switch; a router; and a gateway. 40. An outlet for coupling first and second data units to wiring installed in a wall, the wiring being connected to carry bi-directional serial digital data over a digital data frequency band, the serial digital data comprising first and second digital data, said outlet comprising: a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting bi-directional serial digital data communication over the wiring; first and second digital data ports for respectively coupling to first and second data units; a time multiplexer/demultiplexer coupled between said transceiver and said first and second digital data ports, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer being operative to pass only the first digital data between said transceiver and said first digital data port and to pass only the second digital data between said transceiver and said second digital data port; a power port couplable to a power source and coupled to said transceiver and said time multiplexer/demultiplexer for powering said transceiver and said time multiplexer/demultiplexer from the power source; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said transceiver, said first and second digital data ports, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer, and said power port, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be wall-mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. 41. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein the wiring is one of: a twisted-wire pair; a coaxial CATV cable; a telephone wire-pair; and AC power wiring, and further wherein said transceiver is adapted to conduct the serial digital data over the wiring and said wiring connector is adapted to connect to the wiring. 42. The outlet according to claim 41, wherein the wiring is connected to simultaneously carry a service signal over a service signal frequency band using frequency multiplexing, wherein the service signal frequency band is distinct from the digital data frequency band, and wherein the outlet further comprises a filter for substantially passing only said digital data signal is coupled between said wiring connector and said transceiver. 43. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein at least one of the data units is a wired data unit, and said outlet further comprises a standard digital data connector coupled to said first digital data port and connectable to at least one wired data unit. 44. The outlet according to claim 40 wherein the first digital data is digitized analog signal data and the outlet is further operative for coupling a wired analog unit to the digitized analog signal data, and said outlet further comprises: an analog connector connectable to the wired analog unit for coupling the digitized analog signal data to the wired analog unit; and a converter for converting between analog and digital signals coupled between said analog connector and said first digital data port, said converter including at least one of an analog-to-digital converter and a digital-to-analog converter. 45. The outlet according to claim 44 operative for voice or audio, wherein the wired analog unit is a voice device, said analog connector is a standard voice connector, and digitized analog signal data is digitized voice data. 46. The outlet according to claim 44 operative for telephony, wherein the wired analog unit is an analog telephone set, said analog connector is a standard telephone connector, the analog signal is a telephone signal, and the digitized analog signal data is digitized telephony data. 47. The outlet according to claim 46, wherein the digitized telephony data is based on a standard Voice over Internet Protocol. 48. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein said single enclosure is constructed to have at least one of the following: a form substantially similar to that of a standard outlet; wall mounting elements substantially similar to those of a standard wall outlet; a shape allowing direct mounting in an outlet opening or cavity; and a form to at least in part substitute for a standard outlet. 49. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein the serial digital data is packet-based. 50. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein the wiring is connected to concurrently carry a power signal, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector to be powered by the power signal. 51. The outlet according to claim 50, wherein the wiring is AC power wiring connected to carry AC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for receiving the AC power signal. 52. The outlet according to claim 50, wherein the wiring is a LAN twisted-pair wiring connected to carry DC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for receiving the DC power signal. 53. The outlet according to claim 52, wherein the DC power is carried according to a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard. 54. The outlet according to claim 53, wherein the power signal is carried using a phantom connection or frequency multiplexing. 55. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein said transceiver is operative to conduct bi-directional communication with one or more identical transceivers over the wiring. 56. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein said transceiver is operative to conduct full-duplex point-to-point communication with only a single mating transceiver over the wiring. 57. The outlet according to claim 40 further operative for coupling an analog telephone signal to an analog telephone set, the analog telephone signal being carried frequency multiplexed over the wiring over an analog telephone frequency band distinct from the digital data band, and said outlet further comprises: a standard analog telephone connector for connecting the analog telephone set; and a filter coupled between said wiring connector and said standard telephone connector for substantially passing only the analog telephone signal. 58. The outlet according to claim 57 wherein the wiring is a telephone wire pair and said filter is a low pass filter. 59. The outlet according to claim 40, wherein connection with the data units is Ethernet based, and wherein said time multiplexer/demultiplexer comprises one of: a hub; a switch; a router; and a gateway. 60. An outlet for coupling an analog telephone set to wiring installed in a wall and carrying a first telephone signal over a telephone signal band, said outlet comprising: a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring; an analog telephone port couplable for conducting an analog telephone signal; a standard analog telephone connector connectable to the analog telephone set; a switch having first, second and third ports and first and second states, said switch being connected and actuatable such that in the first state said first port connects only to said second port and in the second state said first port connects only to said third port, wherein said first port is coupled to said standard analog telephone connector, said second port is coupled to said wiring connector and said third port is coupled to said analog telephone port; and a single enclosure housing said switch, said wiring connector, said analog telephone port and said standard analog telephone connector, wherein: said enclosure is dimensioned to be wall-mountable in a standard outlet receptacle or opening; said outlet is operative when said switch is in the first state to couple the first telephone signal to the analog telephone set; and said outlet is operative when said switch is in the second state for coupling the analog telephone set to said analog telephone port. 61. The outlet according to claim 60, wherein said switch is part of a relay that has an energized state for placing said switch in the first state and a de-energized state for placing said switch in the second state, and said outlet further comprises a power port couplable to a power source and coupled to said relay for powering said relay from the power source. 62. The outlet according to claim 61, wherein the wiring is AC power wiring connected to carry AC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for being powered by the AC power. 63. The outlet according to claim 61, wherein the wiring concurrently carries a power signal, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for being powered by the power signal. 64. The outlet according to claim 63, wherein the power signal is carried using a phantom connection or frequency multiplexing. 65. The outlet according to claim 63, wherein the wiring is a LAN twisted-pair wiring connected for carrying DC power, and said power port is coupled to said wiring connector for being powered by the DC power. 66. The outlet according to claim 65, wherein the DC power is carried according to Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard. 67. The outlet according to claim 60, wherein the wiring is one of: a twisted-wire pair; a coaxial CATV cable; a telephone wire-pair; and AC power wiring, and said wiring connector is adapted to connect to the wiring. 68. The outlet according to claim 67, wherein the wiring is connected to simultaneously carry a service signal over a service signal frequency band using frequency multiplexing, the service signal frequency band is distinct from the telephone signal band, and wherein the outlet further comprises a filter for substantially passing only said first telephone signal is coupled between said wiring connector and said switch. 69. The outlet according to claim 60, wherein said single enclosure is constructed to have at least one of the following: a form substantially similar to that of a standard outlet; wall mounting elements substantially similar to those of a standard wall outlet; a shape allowing direct mounting in an outlet opening or cavity; and a form to at least in part substitute for a standard outlet. 70. The outlet according to claim 60, wherein the first telephone signal is an analog POTS telephone signal, and wherein said outlet further comprises a filter for substantially passing only said analog POTS telephone signal is coupled between said wiring connector and said switch. 71. The outlet according to claim 70 wherein the wiring is a telephone wire pair and said filter is a low pass filter. 72. The outlet according to claim 60, wherein the first telephone signal is a bi-directional digitized telephony data signal, and said outlet further comprises: a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting the digitized telephony data signal over the wiring; and a converter for converting between analog and digital telephony signals coupled between said transceiver and said switch. 73. The outlet according to claim 72, wherein the digitized telephony data signal is based on a standard Voice over Internet Protocol. 74. The outlet according to claim 72, wherein the digital data is serial and packet-based. 75. The outlet according to claim 72, wherein said transceiver is operative to bi-directionally communicate with one or more identical transceivers over the wiring. 76. The outlet according to claim 72, wherein said transceiver is operative to bi-directionally point-to-point communicate with only a single mating transceiver over the wiring. 77. The outlet according to claim 60 wherein the wiring is connected to further simultaneously carry a second telephone signal, and wherein said analog telephone port is coupled to said wiring connector for coupling to the second telephone signal. 78. The outlet according to claim 60 wherein said switch is operative to shift between the first and second states upon occurrence of at least one of: a power outage; a failure; and a communication loss. 79. A network comprising the outlet according to claim 60, wherein the analog telephone signal is provided by an IP-carrier or a gateway. 80. A telephone network in a building, said network comprising: at least two outlets; pre-existing wiring in a wall of the building, said wiring comprising at least two conductors and being connected to said at least two outlets, said wiring comprising one of: a twisted-wire pair; a CATV coaxial cable; a telephone wire pair; and AC power wiring, said wiring being connected to carry an analog service signal over an analog service signal frequency band, the analog service signal being one of: a CATV signal; an analog telephone signal; and AC power signal, said wiring concurrently carrying a frequency multiplexed bi-directional serial digital data signal over a digital data signal frequency band distinct from the analog service signal frequency band, the digital data signal comprising at least one packetized and digitized telephony data signal; and multiple similar telephone systems connected to said wiring at distinct locations via said outlets, each of said systems comprising a telephonic apparatus and a converter for converting between telephonic apparatus signals and a packetized and digitized telephonic signal, for coupling each telephonic apparatus to at least one of the packetized and digitized telephony data signals carried over said wiring. 81. The network according to claim 80, wherein at least part of at least one of said telephone systems is housed in a single enclosure dimensioned to be wall-mountable in a standard outlet receptacle or opening. 82. The network according to claim 81, wherein said single enclosure is constructed to have at least one of the following: a form substantially similar to that of a standard outlet; wall mounting elements substantially similar to those of a standard wall outlet; a shape allowing direct mounting in an outlet opening or cavity; and a form to at least in part substitute for a standard outlet. 83. The network according to claim 81, wherein said telephonic apparatus of one of said telephone systems is an analog telephone set, and said converter of said one of said telephone systems is operative for converting between analog telephone signals and digitized and packetized data signals. 84. The network according to claim 80, wherein the packetized and digitized telephony data signal is based on standard Voice over Internet Protocol. 85. The network according to claim 80, wherein said wiring is connected to concurrently carry a power signal, and at least part of at least one of said telephone systems is coupled to be powered from the power signal. 86. The network according to claim 80 further comprising a gateway coupled between an IP network external to the building and said wiring, said gateway being operative to couple said network to an IP-carrier over the Internet. 87. The network according to claim 80 wherein: said wiring is a telephone wire-pair: the analog service signal is an analog telephone signal; and said network is operative to have a life-line state wherein at least one of said telephonic apparatuses is coupled to the analog telephone signal. 88. The network according to claim 87 wherein said network is operative to switch to the life-line state upon sensing at least one of: a power outage; a failure; or a communication loss.
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