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H04M 7/00 (2006.01) H04L 12/56 (2006.01) H04L 12/64 (2006.01) H04M 1/00 (2006.01) H04M 1/253 (2006.01)

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CA 2215681

An apparatus and method for routing telephone calls between conventional analog telephones, conventional telephone lines and packet network access devices that are all located on the premises of the customer, is presented. The apparatus is a small sealed enclosure with a plurality of interfaces including conventional telephone line interfaces, conventional telephone interfaces and packet network interfaces. Use is made of an embedded software agent located in the apparatus to decide which interfaces to use on the apparatus for completing telephone calls. The software agent takes decisions based on a set of routing rules that are determined by a combination of client-side and server-side processes. The complete operation of the apparatus is entirely transparent to the subscriber.

Appareil et méthode d'acheminement d'appels téléphoniques entre des téléphones analogiques ordinaires, des lignes téléphoniques ordinaires et des dispositifs d'accès de réseau à commutation de paquets, qui sont tous situés chez le client. L'appareil est constitué d'un petit boîtier scellé doté d'un certain nombre d'interfaces comprenant des interfaces de lignes téléphoniques ordinaires, des interfaces de téléphones ordinaires et des interfaces de réseau à commutation de paquets. Il contient un agent logiciel emboîté destiné à l'exécution des appels téléphoniques. Cet agent logiciel prend des décisions conformément à un ensemble de règles d'acheminement qui sont déterminées par une combinaison de processus du côté client et du côté serveur. Le fonctionnement de l'appareil est entièrement transparent à l'abonné.

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