Method for automatically registering a user in a desk-share environment and IP telephone

An IP telephone comprising:

• a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a database;
• the IP telephone configured to:
• store a first user profile in the database, the first user profile including a user identifier to verify a first user and the first user profile also including a MAC address of a first terminal device of the first user;
• communicatively connect to the first terminal device for connecting the first terminal device to a communication network;
• receive first data packets from the first terminal device for transmission into the communication network when the first terminal device is connected to the IP telephone, the first data packets comprising a MAC address of the first terminal device;
• verify that the MAC address of the first data packets received from the first terminal device matches the MAC address that is included in the first user profile based on a comparison of the MAC address of the first data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile;
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• activate the first user profile for use of the IP telephone by the first user in response to the MAC address of the first data packets corresponding to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile determined from the comparison of the MAC address of the first data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile;
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• periodically receive second data packets from the first terminal device when the first terminal device is connected to the IP telephone to verify a MAC address of the second data packets is the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile based on a comparison of the MAC address of the second data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile to maintain the first user profile being active on the IP telephone.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having code stored thereon, the code defining a method that is performed by a telephone when the telephone runs the code, the method comprising:

• storing, at the telephone, a first user profile in a database, the first user profile including a user identifier to verify a first user and a MAC address of a first terminal device of the first user;
• verifying that a MAC address of first data packets received from the first terminal device for transmission into the communication network is the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile based on a comparison of the MAC address of the first data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile;
• in response to the telephone determining that the MAC address of the first data packets corresponds to the MAC address of the first user profile based on the comparison of the MAC address of the first data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile, the telephone automatically activating the first user profile for use of the telephone by the first user;
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• verifying a MAC address of second data packets received from the first terminal device after the first data packets are received is the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile based on a comparison of the MAC address of the second data packets to the MAC address of the first terminal device included in the first user profile to maintain the first user profile being active on the telephone.