Method and apparatus for controlling a network device
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsPaul Henry Fuoss, Howard Paul Katseff, Bethany Scott Robinson
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Abstract
A personal communications device may be placed in, or removed from, a docking station. In response, a predetermined command may be selected from a plurality of predetermined commands and transmitted from the docking station to at least one of a plurality of network devices. Each predetermined command may include the address of the network device and may be configured to cause the network device to respond. In this way, a user's communication infrastructure may be reconfigured in a simple and intuitive manner.
Claims5
A method for transferring an active phone call using a network communications device, comprising:
- receiving a transfer command at the network communications device after detecting engagement of a first communication device with a docking station, and selecting said command from a plurality of commands by said docking station, the transfer command being associated with an active phone call on the first communications device;
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- transferring the active phone call to a second communications device, the transferring being without an incoming ring signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.