Vendor neutral VoIP interface devices and compatible portable phones
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) interface system for enabling communications between a plain old telephone service (POTS) device and a packet data network is disclosed. The VoIP interface system includes a POTS interface configured to communicate POTS voice telephone communications and a powered packet-based interface configured to communicate packet-based voice telephone communications with a host computer system that also provides power. The VoIP interface system also includes a memory system that includes a set of instructions, that direct the host system to prompt the user for a selection from a plurality of VoIP service providers, receive a selection identifying one of the plurality of VoIP service providers, identify profile information associated with the user and the selected one of the VoIP service providers, and populate one or more fields of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) module based on the profile information when executed.
1. A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) interface system for enabling communications between a plain old telephone service (POTS) device and a packet data network, the VoIP interface system comprising:
a POTS interface configured to communicate POTS two-way voice telephone communications with the POTS device;
a powered packet-based interface configured to be coupled to a host computer system, separate from the VoIP interface system, to establish packet-based two-way voice telephone communications with a packet-based computer network through the host computer system and receive power for the VoIP interface system from the host computer system;
a memory system located on the VoIP interface system and configured to store a set of instructions, wherein when executed by the host computer system, the set of instructions direct the host computer system to prompt the user for a selection from a plurality of VoIP service providers, receive a selection identifying one of the plurality of VoIP service providers, identify profile information associated with the user and the selected one of the VoIP service providers, and populate one or more fields of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) module based on the profile information, wherein the set of instructions is transferred from the memory system to the host computer system via the packet-based interface before the execution and wherein the set of instructions transferred to the host computer system includes the plurality of VoIP service providers for the user to select;
electronic circuitry communicatively coupled to the POTS interface, the powered packet-based interface, and the memory system, the electronic circuitry configured to convert the POTS two-way voice communications to packet-based voice communications and the packet-based voice communications to POTS voice communications; and
wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the host computer system, further directs the host computer system to receive another selection, from the user, identifying another VoIP service provider and to push profile information of at least the selected two of the VoIP service providers back to the VoIP interface system, and wherein the electronic circuitry, in response to receiving the profile information, is configured to conference simultaneously over the selected two of the VoIP service providers by converting data received through the powered packet-based interface and the POTS interface and performing multiple VoIP service provider call integration based on the profile information.
2. A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) interface system for enabling communications between a plain old telephone service (POTS) device and a packet data network, the VoIP interface system comprising:
a POTS interface configured to communicate POTS two-way voice telephone communications with the POTS device;
a packet-based interface configured to be coupled to a host computer system, separate from the VoIP interface system, to establish packet-based two-way voice telephone communications with a packet-based computer network through the host computer system;
a power adapter configured to provide power to the VoIP interface system;
a memory system located on the VoIP interface system and configured to store a set of instructions, wherein when executed by the host computer system, the set of instructions direct the host computer system to prompt the user for a selection from a plurality of VoIP service providers, receive a selection identifying one of the plurality of VoIP service providers, identify profile information associated with the user and the selected one of the plurality of VoIP service providers, and populate a plurality of fields of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) module based on the profile information, wherein the set of instructions is transferred from the memory system to the host computer system via the packet-based interface before the execution and wherein the set of instructions transferred to the host computer system includes the plurality of VoIP service providers for the user to select;
electronic circuitry communicatively coupled to the POTS interface, the packet-based interface, and the memory system, the electronic circuitry configured to convert the POTS two-way voice communications to packet-based voice communications and the packet-based voice communications to POTS voice communications; and
wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the host computer system, further directs the host computer system to receive another selection, from the user, identifying another VoIP service provider and to push profile information of at least the selected two of the VoIP service providers back to the VoIP interface system, and wherein the electronic circuitry, in response to receiving the profile information, is configured to conference simultaneously over the selected two of the VoIP service providers by converting data received through the powered packet-based interface and the POTS interface and performing multiple VoIP service provider call integration based on the profile information.