Telephone installation, an internet service provider installation, and a method of using those installations to transmit telephone calls

• Main Author: DE LOYE MARTIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.02.2006
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A telephone installation includes an analogue telephone, an Internet connection terminal adapted to be connected to the Internet via a telephone network, and connecting means for connecting the telephone to the Internet connection terminal. The connecting means include switching circuits for connecting the telephone to the Internet connection terminal to enable the telephone to send and receive analogue format voice signals respectively to and from the telephone network. The installation also has means for receiving orders via the telephone network. The connecting means can be controlled by orders issued by a server to cause the telephone to be connected to the terminal.