US Patent:
20080069083, Mar 20, 2008
Inventors:
Dennis E. Cowick - Olathe KS, US
Assignee:
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. - Overland Park KS
International Classification:
H04L 12/66
Abstract:
A system for automatically routing calls in a voice-over-packet (VOP) environment at a customer's premises without using a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a VOP-signal monitoring component that can monitor an incoming packet-based data stream to identify VOP data that is associated with one or more voice communications, a packet-identification component that can identify packets that make up a communications stream, a destination-determination component that can identify a first target device that should receive the packets identified to make up the communications stream; and a routing component that can direct the packets to the first target device.