US 2008/0291900 A1Published application

Delivering Unified User Experience By Automatically Teaming Up Information Appliances With General Purpose PC Through Internet

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsMin Yin, Shumin Zhai

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Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a method for server side integration of communication devices and the general purpose PC of the same user through a computer network wherein no physical connection is required between the PC and the communication device. The user registers with PnC (phone and computer) server for subscribing to one or more PnC services such as drop-to-call, conference-call-dropping service, webpage sharing, caller kaleidoscope etc., via user interface of communications device and/or PC. Various features for subscribing and unsubscribing to services are provided along with authenticating the user using the name and the phone number of the user while registering with the server.

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Dependent claims

A method of combining personal computer and IP phone by way of local area network forming a device team, said method comprising:

connecting an IP phone to a local area network;
connecting a personal computer (PC) to said local area network;
installing a PnC proxy software on said personal computer (PC), said PnC proxy software providing a plurality of user interface elements representing said IP phone to a user;
processing registration, subscription, authentication, and a plurality of collaborative functions between said IP phone and said personal computer (PC) on a second server, said second server running a PnC server software;
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using said PnC server software to coordinate communications between, an IP phone server, said IP phone, and said PnC proxy software to effectuate said device team.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.