Personal-call and feature control system and method for controlling telephones, providing extended features for such telephones and routing of media-rich calls
OwnerJacek Tomasz Minkoinventor
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Abstract
A Personal-CFC system and method is described for controlling a multiplicity of telephones, for providing extended feature sets globally to all such telephones and for routing of media-rich calls between such telephones and multimedia equipment. The Personal-CFC is a software program that is easily embedded in various devices and it requires no hardware. For example, a mobile Personal-CFC system can be incorporated into a PDA or PC. The end user can use the Personal-CFC system to control other telephones, such as conference telephones, that do not belong to the end user.
Claims9
A system for allowing an end user to dynamically assign and globally control media flow in a plurality of phones, the system comprising:
- a feature set that provides a corresponding set of functionality for controlling the media flow for a given phone call using the phones,
- a computing device capable of communication,
- a personal call and feature control software program that controls the feature set and that is installed on the computing device, and
- a control loop between the end user and the computing device, wherein the end user can modify and utilize the feature set via the control loop and the personal call and feature control software program,
- wherein the computing device is mobile, and
- wherein the plurality of phones includes a first set of one or more phones and a different second set of one or more phones, such that the end user is able to dynamically modify and utilize the feature set in accordance with the different first and second sets of phones using the personal call and feature control software program and the control loop, and
- wherein the personal call and feature control software program acts as a phone manager to control the flow of media for phone calls using the different first and second sets of phones according to the feature set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.