Peer-to-peer, internet protocol telephone system with proxy interface for configuration data

A method for providing configuration data to a client device via a network-accessible user interface, the method comprising:

• displaying a network-accessible user interface of a first telephone terminal on the client device by transferring aspects of the network-accessible user interface to a web browser of the client device via an Internet Protocol (IP) network;
• receiving, with the first telephone terminal via the IP network and the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser, a request from the client device for configuration data used to configure a plurality of telephone terminals of a telephone system, wherein the request identifies the configuration data and a target telephone terminal;
• determining that the requested configuration data resides on a second telephone terminal;
• relaying the request from the first telephone terminal to the second telephone terminal to obtain the requested configuration data from the second telephone terminal;
• accessing configuration data of multiple target telephone terminals through a single proxy terminal;
• updating the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser to present the requested configuration data from the second telephone terminal to the client device via the network-accessible user interface of the first telephone terminal;
• receiving, from the client device via the IP network and the network-accessible user interface of the first telephone terminal, another request for configuration data used to configure the plurality of telephone terminals;
• a third telephone terminal;
• determining that the another request for configuration data corresponds to further configuration data residing on a third telephone terminal;
• relaying the another request to the third telephone terminal to obtain the requested further configuration data from the third telephone terminal;
• and
• updating the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser to present the requested further configuration data from the third telephone terminal to the client device via the network-accessible user interface of the first telephone terminal.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, that in response to being executed, configure an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone terminal to:

• display a network-accessible user interface on a client device by transferring aspects of the network-accessible user interface to a web browser of the client device via an IP network;
• receive, from the client device via the IP network and the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser, a request for configuration data used to configure another one or more IP telephone terminals of a telephone system, wherein the request identifies the configuration data and a target telephone terminal;
• determine that the requested configuration data resides on another IP telephone terminal;
• relay the request to the another IP telephone terminal to obtain the requested configuration data from the another IP telephone terminal;
• access configuration data of multiple target telephone terminals through a proxy terminal;
• update the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser to present the requested configuration data from the another IP telephone terminal to the client device via the network-accessible user interface;
• receive, from the client device via the IP network and the network-accessible user interface, another request for configuration data used to one or more IP telephone terminals of the telephone system;
• determine that the another request for configuration data corresponds to further configuration data residing on a third telephone terminal;
• relay the another request to the third IP telephone terminal to obtain the requested further configuration data from the third IP telephone terminal;
• and
• update the network-accessible user interface displayed by the web browser to present the requested further configuration data from the third IP telephone terminal to the client device via the network-accessible user interface.