Apparatuses and methods for routing digital voice data in a communication system for hearing-impaired users

摘要

A communication system facilitating communication for assisting hearing-impaired users includes an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device and a communication device. The communication device is configured to route digital voice data between the ATA device and a second communication device during a conversation involving the communication device and a second communication device through a wireless port of communication device, and communicate through the wireless port with a relay service configured to provide interpretive assistance for a hearing-impaired user of the communication device. A method includes routing digital voice data received wirelessly by a communication device to an ATA device, routing digital voice data received from the ATA device from the communication device wirelessly to a second communication device, and communicating wirelessly with a relay service configured to provide captioning services of the content of a portion of the voice data received by the communication device from the second communication device.

主权项

1. A communication system facilitating communication for assisting hearing-impaired users comprising:
an analog telephone adaptor (ATA) device configured to perform additional functions selected from the group consisting of call waiting, call blocking, facilitating conference calls with multiple connections, providing additional telephone connections, and providing SIP connections to other devices; and a communication device operably coupled with the ATA device, the communication device configured to:
enable and disable at least one of the additional functions of the ATA;receive digital far-end voice data from a far-end communication device via a wireless port of the communication device;route the far-end digital voice data to the ATA device and receive converted analog far-end voice signals in return from the ATA device;transmit near-end analog voice signals to the ATA and receive converted digital near-end voice data in return from the ATA device;route the converted digital near-end voice data to the far-end communication device; androute the digital far-end voice data via the wireless port to a communication service configured to provide interpretive assistance for a hearing-impaired user of the communication device.