IP Telephone Set and IP Telephone System
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro TAKESHITA
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Abstract
This IP telephone set includes a CPU acquiring a MAC address of a personal computer when the same is capable of communicating with the personal computer, while a server previously registers an extension number corresponding to the IP telephone set. The CPU controls the server to register an extension number corresponding to the MAC address of the personal computer in association with the IP telephone set, thereby rendering the IP telephone set usable as a telephone set corresponding to the IP telephone set itself and a telephone set of the personal computer.
Claims20
An IP telephone set comprising:
- a communication portion capable of communicating with an extension telephone exchange and a first external apparatus;
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- a control portion acquiring first identification information of said first external apparatus through said communication portion when entering a state capable of communicating with said first external apparatus through said communication portion, wherein
- said extension telephone exchange previously registers a first extension number corresponding to said IP telephone set, and
- said control portion is formed to control said extension telephone exchange to additionally register a second extension number corresponding to said first identification information of said first external apparatus in association with said IP telephone set thereby controlling said IP telephone set to be usable also as an extension of said first external apparatus in addition to usage as an extension corresponding to said IP telephone set itself when entering said state capable of communicating with said first external apparatus through said communication portion.
An IP telephone system comprising:
- an extension telephone exchange;
- a first external apparatus;
- and
- an IP telephone set, wherein
- said IP telephone set includes:
- a communication portion capable of communicating with said extension telephone exchange and said first external apparatus, and
- a control portion acquiring first identification information of said first external apparatus through said communication portion when entering a state capable of communicating with said first external apparatus through said communication portion,
- said extension telephone exchange previously registers a first extension number corresponding to said IP telephone set, and
- said control portion is formed to control said extension telephone exchange to additionally register a second extension number corresponding to said first identification information of said first external apparatus in association with said IP telephone set thereby controlling said IP telephone set to be usable also as an extension of said first external apparatus in addition to usage as an extension corresponding to said IP telephone set itself when entering said state capable of communicating with said first external apparatus through said communication portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.