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Keith Raniere's Intelligent Switching System Patent

Claim 18

A communication system for performing voice and data conferencing among a plurality of users located at a plurality of user sites, comprising:

user equipment at each user site, each user equipment including:

a user digital computer;

a user modem connectable to the user digital computer for transmitting and receiving data signals;

a communication path;

a user station having a data port connectable to the user modem, a user modem loopback impedance, a telephony circuit capable of transmitting and receiving voice communications signals, and a mode selector for alternately connecting the data port and the telephony circuit to the communication path; and

user station controller means for controlling the user station, wherein the mode selector has a data mode position connecting the data port to the communication path and a voice mode position connecting the telephony circuit to the communication path and connecting the data port to the user modem loopback impedance, the mode selector being responsive to a user control signal to switch from data mode to voice mode, such that in data mode, data signals pass between the data port and the communication path, and in voice mode, voice communications signals pass between the telephony circuit and the communication path and data signals loopback to the modem;

central equipment comprising:

a host digital computer;

a plurality of host modems connectable to the host digital computer for transmitting and receiving data signals to and from respective user sites; and

a central station including:

a plurality of line ports, each line port connectable to a respective communication path associated with a respective user station;

a switching matrix responsive to matrix control signals for controlling connections among multiple line ports;

a plurality of computer ports, each computer port connectable to a respective host modem;

central selector means for connecting a respective line port to a respective computer port; and

central station controller means for providing switch control signals and matrix control signals.