CD-ROM on which a program for functioning as an IP telephone terminal is recorded, management server, operation server, and IP telephone terminal setup method

An IP telephone system comprising:

• a general purpose computer;
• a management server that receives a data from said general purpose computer;
• an operation server that receives data from said general purpose computer;
• and
• a CD-ROM having a program recorded to set up the general-purpose computer as an IP telephone terminal by using at least a CPU, a memory, an input means, a network card, a sound card, and a CD-ROM drive except a hard disk (HD) drive, the CD-ROM comprising:
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer get started by initiating the general-purpose computer with the CD-ROM set at the CD-ROM drive to deploy the program recorded on the CD-ROM over the memory by a CD-ROM boot method without the hard disk drive, wherein a unique manufacturing serial number has been originally pre-assigned to the CD-ROM even when the CD-ROM has been duplicated,
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer obtain a user identification data which respectively corresponds to users and which is inputted by a user through the input means;
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer send thus obtained user identification data to the management server via a network, based on a first location data recorded on the CD-ROM to designate a location of the management server;
• wherein the management server has a database for registering a plurality of the user identification data and the manufacturing serial number corresponding to each respective user identification data, an obtaining device for obtaining from the database the manufacturing serial number corresponding to the user identification data sent from the general-purpose computer, and a sending device for sending an IP telephone terminal setup data including the obtained manufacturing serial number to the general purpose computer via the network;
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer receive the IP telephone terminal setup data sent from the management server via the network;
• and
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer function as a dedicated purpose terminal for IP telephony by setting up the general-purpose computer as the IP telephone terminal without the HD drive,
• wherein a second location data is included in the IP telephone terminal setup data, in order for designating a location of the operation server used for telephone switching, and further including a part of said program for making the general purpose computer send the manufacturing serial number included in the IP telephone terminal setup data to the operation server via the network, based on the second location data in order to register the general-purpose computer as the IP telephone terminal,
• wherein the operation server connected via the network to the general-purpose computer started up by the CD-ROM comprises:
• an operation server database for registering a plurality of the manufacturing serial number and call designation data corresponding to each of the manufacturing serial number;
• and
• wherein the operation server receives the manufacturing serial number sent from the general-purpose computer via the network so as to register the general-purpose computer as the IP telephone terminal when the manufacturing serial number is registered in the database.

An IP telephone system comprising:

• a general purpose computer;
• a management server that receives data from said general purpose computer;
• an operation server that receives data from said general purpose computer;
• and
• a CD-ROM having a program recorded to set up the general-purpose computer as an IP telephone terminal by using at least a CPU, a memory, an input means, a network card, a sound card, and a CD-ROM drive except a hard disk (HD) drive, the CD-ROM comprising:
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer get started by initiating the general-purpose computer with the CD-ROM set at the CD-ROM drive to deploy the program recorded on the CD-ROM over the memory by a CD-ROM boot method without the hard disk drive;
• wherein a unique manufacturing serial number has been originally pre-assigned to the CD-ROM even when the CD-ROM has been duplicated,
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer obtain a user identification data which respectively corresponds to users and which is inputted by a user through the input means;
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer send thus obtained user identification data to the management server via a network, based on a first location data recorded on the CD-ROM to designate a location of the management server;
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer receive IP telephone terminal setup data sent from the management server via the network;
• and
• a part of said program for making the general-purpose computer function as a dedicated purpose terminal for IP telephony by setting up the general-purpose computer as the IP telephone terminal without the HD drive,
• wherein the management server connected to the general-purpose computer via the network, which are started up by the CD-ROM comprises:
• a database for registering a plurality of the user identification data and the manufacturing serial number corresponding to each respective user identification data;
• and,
• wherein the management server receives the user identification data sent from the general-purpose computer via the network,
• wherein the management server obtains from the database the manufacturing serial number respectively corresponding to the user identification data,
• wherein the management server sends to the general-purpose computer via the network the IP telephone terminal setup data including the manufacturing serial number and,
• wherein a second location data is included in the IP telephone terminal setup data, in order for designating a location of the operation server used for telephone switching, and further including:
• a part of said program for making the general purpose computer send the manufacturing serial number included in the IP telephone terminal setup data to the operation server via the network, based on the second location data in order to register the general-purpose computer as the IP telephone terminal.

An IP telephone terminal setup method to register as an IP telephone terminal using a general-purpose computer including at least a CPU, a memory, an input means, a network card, a sound card, and a CD-ROM drive except a HD drive, comprising steps of:

• making a CD-ROM be set at the CD-ROM drive to allow the general-purpose computer to function as the IP telephone terminal with a program recorded on the CD-ROM without using a hard disk, wherein a unique manufacturing serial number has been originally pre-assigned to the CD-ROM even when the CD-ROM has been duplicated;
• making the general-purpose computer start to deploy the program recorded on the CD-ROM over the memory without a hard disk in the way of CD-ROM boot at the timing of command to initiate the general-purpose computer;
• making the general-purpose computer obtain a user identification data corresponding to respective users, which is inputted by a user through the input means;
• making the general-purpose computer send thus obtained user identification data to a management server via a network, based on a first location data recorded on the CD-ROM as a location information of the management server, wherein the management server has a database for registering a plurality of the user identification data and the manufacturing serial number corresponding to each respective user identification data;
• making the management server receive the user identification information sent from the general-purpose computer via the network;
• making the management server obtain from the database the manufacturing serial number corresponding to the received user identification data;
• making the management server send an IP telephone terminal setup data including the obtained manufacturing serial number and a second location data designating a location of an operation server to conduct a telephone switching processing to the general-purpose computer via the network;
• making the general-purpose computer receive the IP telephone terminal setup data sent from the management server via the network;
• making the general-purpose computer send the manufacturing serial number included in the IP telephone terminal setup data to the operation server via the network based on the second location data;
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• making the operation server register an IP address of the general-purpose computer onto an IP address field which is associated to the manufacturing serial number on an IP telephone directory information database.