RU50694U1 - PERSONAL COMPUTER INTEGRATED WITH PACKET TELEPHONY GATEWAY (OPTIONS) - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of computer telephony. Its use allows the consumer to connect a regular telephone to a personal computer and conduct telephone conversations using packet telephony. To do this, connect a regular telephone to the PC connector, install the packet telephony gateway components on the computer’s motherboard, use the packet telephony gateway to convert analog telephone signals to packet telephony signals and vice versa, send and receive packet telephony signals to / from the data network using devices connecting to the data network installed in the computer. To ensure uninterrupted telephone communication to the personal computer, additional power is supplied through the connector of the device for connecting to the data network, and they also ensure the operability of telephone communication regardless of the state of the operating system of the personal computer responsible for the operation of office applications.

Description

Area to which the utility model belongs

This group of utility models relates to the field of computer telephony.

State of the art

Currently, there are many different computer telephony systems.

Closest to the claimed personal computer is a computer with the installed WebPhone program (V.P. Dyakonov, Internet: Handbook of the user, 5th edition, M .: SOLON-Press, 2005, pp. 494-450). The personal computer has a device for connecting to a network. Headphones and a microphone are connected to a personal computer with a sound card. There is software on the personal computer that converts the microphone sound signals to a form suitable for transmission over a data network and converts packet telephony signals received over a data network to a form suitable for listening on headphones. Thus, the personal computer contains: a device for connecting to a data network; packet telephony gateway; the power supply system of a personal computer from AC power. But at the same time, the user is forced to dial numbers using computer input devices, rather than the usual telephone keypad, and cannot make calls without starting the computer operating system responsible for the operation of office applications. In addition, in the absence of power on the computer

telephone calls using a computer are not possible.

Utility Model Disclosure

The problem to which the present utility model is directed is to enable the use of an analog telephone for telephone conversations through a data network via a personal computer, regardless of the state of the computer operating system responsible for the operation of office applications, or the presence of voltage in the AC network, where computer is connected.

To achieve the specified technical result in the first embodiment of a personal computer containing a device for connecting to a data network; packet telephony gateway; power supply system of a personal computer from an alternating current network; in accordance with this utility model, has a connector for connecting an analog telephone, serving to connect an analog telephone with a packet telephony gateway; a packet telephony gateway converts analog telephony signals, including subscriber dialing signals received from the analog telephone jack, into packet telephony signals and transmits the converted signals to a device for connecting to a data network; a packet telephony gateway converts packet telephony signals received from a device for connecting to a data network to analog telephony signals, including subscriber ringing signals, and transmits the converted signals to the connector for connecting an analog telephone set; a personal computer is capable of providing telephone communication with an analog telephone set connected to the connector for connecting an analog telephone set through a device

to connect to a data network using the power received through the connector of the device to connect to a data network.

An additional difference between the first embodiment of a personal computer according to this utility model is that it has a power switching device obtained through a device connector for connecting to a data network in the event of a power failure to the personal computer.

Another additional difference of the first version of a personal computer according to a real utility model is that the hardware components of a packet telephony gateway are installed on the motherboard of a personal computer.

The differences of the second version of a personal computer according to this utility model is that it has a connector for connecting an analog telephone, serving to connect an analog telephone with a packet telephony gateway; a packet telephony gateway converts analog telephony signals, including subscriber dialing signals received from an analog telephone jack, into packet telephony signals and transmits the converted signals to a device for connecting to a data network; the packet telephony gateway converts the packet telephony signals received from the device for connecting to the data network to analog telephony signals, including subscriber ringing signals, and transmits the converted signals to the connector for connecting an analog telephone set; a personal computer contains at least two operating systems, one of which is responsible for the operation of the packet telephony gateway and can function independently of the state of the other operating system.

At the same time, due to the absence among the features of this option of the possibility of working using the power received through the device for connecting to a data network, in this embodiment there are no corresponding additional differences.

Brief Description of the Drawings

In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate like elements.

Figure 1 depicts a schematic diagram of a system according to the present utility model.

Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments

Figure 1 shows a conditional block diagram of a system in which a real utility model can be implemented. Phone 1 is connected to a personal computer 2 through connector 3. A controller 4 installed on the computer’s motherboard converts the telephone’s analog signals to a format suitable for transmission via bus 5. In computer processor 6, using a program similar to that used in the closest analogue of this utility model, phone signals are converted to a form that is understandable to a device for connecting to a data network 7, which may be an Ethernet network card. Thus, in the proposed embodiment, the packet telephony gateway is formed by the controller 4, the processor 6 and the program operating on the processor 6. A device for connecting to a data network 7 through connector 8 transmits a signal to a data network. Receiving analog signals from a data network to a telephone is similar in the reverse order.

In the event of a power outage for uninterrupted telephone communication, power can be supplied by unused

cores 10 of a data network cable in accordance with the IEEE 802.af project team standard Switching the power supply source can be done using a power relay.

To ensure uninterrupted telephone communication at the time of restarting the operating system of the personal computer responsible for the operation of office applications, the Virtual PC system can be installed on the personal computer (Alex Workman, Quick and easy. Zoo of operating systems on one computer, M: Best books, 2005, p. 263). Such a system allows for the parallel operation of several operating systems on a single computer. In this case, under the control of its own operating system, the operation of the packet telephony gateway will not depend on the operation of the personal computer operating system responsible for the operation of office applications.

Industrial applicability

The considered options for a personal computer integrated with a packet telephony gateway, according to this utility model, can be used in the field of computer telephony. It is obvious that the known elements used in a personal computer integrated with a packet telephony gateway according to the present utility model can have any execution providing those functions that are described here for these elements. It is also clear that the above description, revealing the presented group of utility models using individual implementation examples, is only illustrative and not limiting. The scope of claims for this utility model is determined not by this description, but by the attached formula of the utility model, taking into account the equivalents of the features used in it.

Claims (5)

1. A personal computer integrated with a packet telephony gateway, comprising a device for connecting to a data network, a packet telephony gateway, a personal computer’s AC power system, characterized in that it has an analog telephone connector for connecting an analog telephone apparatus with said packet telephony gateway, said packet telephony gateway converts analog telephony signals, including subscriber dialing signals, received from the aforementioned connector for connecting an analog telephone set to packet telephony signals and transmits the converted signals to the said device for connecting to the data network, the packet telephony gateway converts the packet telephony signals received from the said device for connecting to the data network into signals analog telephony, including to subscriber call signals, and transmits the converted signals to the aforementioned connector for connecting an analog telephone and, a personal computer is able to provide telephone communication with the analog telephone connected to said connector for connecting to an analog telephone set through said device to connect to the data network using the power received through said connector device for connecting to the data network. 2. The personal computer according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a device for switching to power, obtained through the connector of the said device for connecting to the data network, in case of disconnecting the power system of the personal computer from the AC mains. 3. The personal computer according to claim 1, characterized in that the hardware components of said packet telephony gateway are installed on the motherboard of the personal computer. 4. A personal computer integrated with a packet telephony gateway, comprising a device for connecting to a data network, a packet telephony gateway, an AC power system for the personal computer, characterized in that it has an analog telephone connector for connecting an analog telephone apparatus with said packet telephony gateway, said packet telephony gateway converts analog telephony signals, including subscriber dialing signals, received from the aforementioned connector for connecting an analog telephone set to packet telephony signals and transmits the converted signals to said device for connecting to a data network, said packet telephony gateway converts packet telephony signals received from said device for connecting to a data network to signals analog telephony, including the ringing signal of the incoming connection, and transmits the converted signals to the aforementioned connector for connecting an analog telephone nnogo apparatus, the personal computer comprises at least two operating systems, one of which is responsible for said packet telephony gateway and can operate independently of the state of the other operating system. 5. The personal computer according to claim 4, characterized in that the hardware components of said packet telephony gateway are installed on the computer motherboard.