Method and system for integrating a computer and a telephone

A method for enhancing call control information associated with a non-ISDN telephone, comprising:

• indicating to a switch that a non-ISDN telephone communicates in ISDN protocol;
• receiving at a loop interface device an ISDN message sent by the switch to the non-ISDN telephone;
• forwarding data associated with the ISDN message to a computer;
• and
• receiving at the loop interface device a message generated by the computer in response to the data forwarded to the computer.

A method comprising:

• provisioning a subscriber line at a switch as an ISDN line;
• coupling a loop interface device to the switch;
• coupling the subscriber line to the loop interface device;
• connecting an analog telephone to the subscriber line;
• sending an ISDN message directed to the analog telephone from the switch to the loop interface device;
• and
• sending notification of the ISDN message to a computer coupled to the loop interface device.

A method for communicating a call control message between a loop interface device and a computer, comprising:

• indicating to a switch associated with a stimulus messaging device that the stimulus messaging device communicates via a functional messaging protocol, communications between the stimulus messaging device and the switch being processed through a loop interface device;
• receiving at the loop interface device a first functional message transmitted by the switch, the first functional message being associated with the stimulus messaging device;
• and
• sending notification of the first functional message to a computer associated with the stimulus messaging device.