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US 5,402,477 AGranted
System and method for configuring a telephone
OwnerMichael L. McMahan, Michele B. Gammelinventors
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for configuring a telephone (10). A connection (20) is formed between the telephone (10) and a telephone environment (60). A list of services offerable through the telephone environment is generated (100). A list of candidate procedures for establishing each listed service through the telephone environment is generated (102). At least one of the listed procedures is executed (104) for each listed service to determine whether the listed service is supported by the connection (20).
Claims10
A method of configuring a programmable telephone, comprising the steps of:
- forming a connection between the programmable telephone and a telephone environment;
- generating a list of a plurality of services offerable through said telephone environment;
- generating a list of a plurality of candidate procedures for establishing each of said plurality of services through said telephone environment;
- executing at least one of said plurality of candidate procedures for establishing each of said plurality of services to determine whether each of said plurality of services is supported by said connection to generate a supported service;
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- displaying a representation of said supported service on a screen of said programmable telephone.
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