Claims
- 1. In a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) linking an originating facility for transmitting data of an NPA-NXX-XXXX address with an added data set and a terminating facility through an originating PSTN switch and a terminating PSTN switch wherein said terminating facility includes a telephone station terminal and at least one data terminal for outputting data in a non-audible format, said terminating facility having a distinct NPA-NXX-XXXX address, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a customer premise (CPE) switch;
- (b) a processor associated with said CPE switch;
- (c) said telephone station terminal and at least a non-telephone data terminal being connected to said CPE switch;
- (d) means at said terminating PSTN switch for transmitting to said CPE switch ring signals and signaling information;
- (e) said terminating PSTN switch being arranged to transmit to said CPE switch the data of said NPA-NXX-XXXX address of said telephone station in addition to said added data set; and
- (f) muting means associated with said processor for preventing a first ringing indication from being detected by a called party at said telephone station terminal, while allowing a second ringing indication to be detected at said non-telephone data terminal;
- wherein said CPE switch and associated processor are responsive only to said added data set to establish connection to said terminal having an output format corresponding to the characteristic of said added data set.
- 2. In a PSTN according to claim 1, indicating means associated with said CPE switch for indicating receipt of data and the identity of a data terminal to which said data is addressed.
- 3. In a PSTN according to claim 1, said means at said originating facility for transmitting said added data set transmitting said added data set as a prefix to the NPA-NXX-XXXX address.
- 4. In a PSTN according to claim 1, said means at said originating facility for transmitting said added data set transmitting said added data set as a suffix to the NPA-NXX-XXXX address.
- 5. In a PSTN according to claim 1, said means at said originating facility for transmitting to said originating switch the PNA-NXX-XXXX address of said telephone station and an added data set being arranged to establish a call channel parameter.
- 6. In a PSTN according to claim 5, said call channel parameter comprising data repetition rate.
- 7. In a PSTN according to claim 1, said means at said originating facility for transmitting to said originating PSTN switch the NPA-NXX-XXXX address of said telephone station terminal at said terminating facility being arranged to transmit and said terminating PSTN switch being arranged to respond to a prefix comprising initial digits recognized under the North American Dialing Plan as non-telephone number digits.
- 8. In a communication network linking an originating facility transmitting data of an NPA-NXX-XXXX address with an added data set and a terminating facility through an originating PSTN switch and a terminating PSTN switch wherein said terminating facility includes a telephone station terminal and at least one data terminal for outputting data in a non-audible format, said terminating facility having a distinct NPA-NXX-XXXX address, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a customer premise (CPE) switch;
- (b) a processor associated with said CPE switch;
- (c) said telephone station terminal and at least a non-telephone data terminal being connected to said CPE switch;
- (d) means at said terminating PSTN switch for transmitting to said CPE swatch ring signals and signaling information;
- (e) said terminating switch being arranged to transmit to said CPE switch the data of said NPA-NXX-XXXX address of said telephone station in addition to said added data set; and
- (f) muting means associated with said processor for preventing a first ringing indication from being detected by a called party at said telephone station terminal while allowing a second ringing indication to be detected at said non-telephone data terminal,
- wherein said CPE switch and associated processor are responsive only to said added data set to establish connection to said terminal having an output format corresponding to the characteristic of said added data set.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/859,580 filed Mar. 27, 1992 now abandoned.
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