Telephone-coupled device for internet access
View Patent ↗An apparatus is provided which can be physically connected underneath a guest telephone in a hotel. The apparatus is set up with interconnection logic and a networking card so as to allow for a notebook computer to interconnect with a local area network in the hotel. The apparatus is set up to switch between sending a voice data from the guest telephone or computer data packets from the notebook computer across the hotel room telephone wire.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a wedge-shaped shell adapted to physically connect under a telephone, the shell having a port to connect to a telephone wire;
the shell containing interconnection logic operably connected to the port and a wire to connect to the telephone; and
a networking card in the shell for connecting to a personal computer, the networking card being operably connected to the interconnection logic, wherein digital data from the network card and voice data from the telephone wire.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shell has a port to connect to the personal computer.
3. An apparatus comprising:
a shell adapted to physically connect under a telephone, the shell having a port to connect to a telephone wire;
the shell containing interconnection logic operably connected to the ports and a wire to connect to the telephone; and
a networking card in the shell for connecting to a personal computer, the networking card being operably connected to the interconnection logic, wherein digital data from the network card and voice data from the telephone can be alternately sent across the telephone wire,
wherein electronics in the shell allow for a wireless connection to the personal computer.
4. An apparatus comprising:
a shell adapted to physically connect under a telephone, the shell having a port to connect to a telephone wire;
the shell containing interconnection logic operably connected to the ports and a wire to connect to the telephone; and
a networking card in the shell for connecting to a personal computer, the networking card being operably connected to the interconnection logic, wherein digital data from the network card and voice data from the telephone can be alternately sent across the telephone wire,
wherein the shell has extensions for physically connecting to the bottom of the telephone.
5. An apparatus comprising:
a shell adapted to physically connect under a telephone, the shell having a port to connect to a telephone wire;
the shell containing interconnection logic operably connected to the ports and a wire to connect to the telephone; and
a networking card in the shell for connecting to a personal computer, the networking card being operably connected to the interconnection logic, wherein digital data from the network card and voice data from the telephone can be alternately sent across the telephone wire,
wherein the network card is an Ethernet card.