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AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsDavid R. Burritt, Robert R. Gilman, Gary S. King, Albert D. Pessot, Farzad Raji
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In an integrated voice and multimedia communications system (FIG. 1), an end-user is given explicit control over which audio access mechanism he wishes to use regardless of whether a call is a multimedia or a voice call. The end-user's voice terminal (101) is equipped with a PC-Audio control button (127). When the user originates or receives a call, a multimedia PBX (102) automatically connects audio to the voice terminal's handset (124) regardless of whether the call is a multimedia or a voice call. If the user then presses the PC-Audio button, the PBX transfers audio to the audio subsystem (112-114) of the multimedia terminal (100), an LED (128) associated with the button is lit, and the user may cradle the handset without disconnecting the call. If the handset is subsequently lifted, audio is reconnected to the handset and the LED is extinguished. If the button is pressed while its LED is lit, the call is disconnected. If the voice terminal is equipped with a speakerphone (125), interaction thereof with the PC-Audio button mimics a telephone with an integrated speakerphone that is supplemented with an external speakerphone connection.
An end-user terminal for use with a call controller that handles both single-medium calls and multi-media, including said single medium, calls, the terminal having an actuator which, when actuated, causes the call controller to disconnect the single medium of a multimedia call that is connected to a multi-media endpoint from the multimedia endpoint and to connect the single-medium to the terminal.
An end-user terminal for use with a call controller that initially connects a single medium of both single-said-medium calls and multi-media calls to the terminal and further connects remainders of the multi-media calls to a multi-media endpoint, the terminal having an actuator which, when actuated, causes the single medium of the single-medium calls and of the multi-media calls to be disconnected from the terminal and to be connected to the multi-media endpoint.
A call controller for handling both single-medium calls and multi-media, including said single medium, calls, responsive to receipt of a first signal from an end-user terminal while a multi-media call is connected to a multi-media endpoint, for disconnecting the single medium of the multi-media call from the endpoint and connecting the single medium to the terminal.
A call controller for handling both single-medium calls and multi-media, including said single medium, calls, for initially connecting a single medium of both single-said-medium calls and multi-media calls to an end-user terminal and further for connecting remainders of the multimedia calls to a multi-media endpoint, the call controller responsive to receipt of a first signal from the terminal for disconnecting the single medium of the single medium calls and of the multi-media calls from the terminal and connecting the single medium to the multi-media endpoint.
A method of controlling a call, comprising the steps of:
A method of controlling calls, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.