Dynamic telephone configuration
AssigneeComdial Corporation
InventorsS. Murad Sarp, Angel Gonzalez
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dynamic telephone configuration mode for users of a telephone system. In a virtual configure mode, a user inputs a virtual extension. The input virtual extension is associated with the physical extension of the telephone being dynamically configured. The DC telephone is then operated as if it were associated with the virtual extension input by the user. In the physical configure mode, a user inputs a physical extension. The input physical extension is swapped with the physical extension of the telephone being dynamically configured. The DC telephone is then operated as if it were associated with the physical extension input by the user.
Claims31
A system for enabling users to dynamically configure telephones in a telephone system, comprising:
- a switch that directs telephone calls carried between telephones and at least one trunk, said switch including physical and virtual extensions, wherein each physical extension corresponds to a link to a respective telephone and each virtual extension corresponds to a respective user;
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- a dynamic configuration module that associates a physical extension of a telephone with a virtual extension input by a user, whereby features associated with the virtual extension input by the user are delivered to the telephone.
A system for enabling users to dynamically configure telephones in a telephone system, comprising:
- a switch that couples telephones and at least one trunk, said switch including physical extensions, wherein each physical extension corresponds to a link to a respective telephone;
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- a dynamic configuration module that associates a physical extension of a telephone with a physical extension input by a user, whereby features associated with the physical extension input by the user are delivered to the telephone.
In a telephone system having a switch that couples telephones and at least one trunk, the switch including physical and virtual extensions, wherein each physical extension corresponds to a link to a respective telephone and each virtual extension corresponds to a respective user, a method for dynamically configuring a first telephone for use by a first user comprising:
- receiving a virtual extension input by the first user through the first telephone;
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- associating a physical extension of the first telephone with the input virtual extension, whereby features associated with the input virtual extension are delivered to the first telephone.
In a telephone system having a switch that couples telephones and at least one trunk, the switch including physical and virtual extensions, wherein each physical extension corresponds to a link to a respective telephone, a method for dynamically configuring a first telephone for use by a first user comprising:
- receiving a physical extension input by the first user through the first telephone;
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- associating a physical extension of the first telephone with the input physical extension, whereby features associated with the input physical extension are delivered to the first telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.