IP telephony on a home network device

A method for providing voice communications in a packet switched network protocol through a home network, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a first home network device belonging to the home network, a notification of an incoming call in the packet switched network protocol received at the first home network device, wherein the notification is received at a second home network device belonging to the home network through an eventing mechanism of a first protocol utilized by a server on the first home network device;
• presenting an interface to a user of the second home network device, as directed by the server, the interface allowing the user to accept or reject the incoming call;
• receiving an indication from the user as to whether the user accepts or rejects the incoming call;
• sending the indication from the second home network device to the first home network device;
• and
• if the user accepts the incoming call, receiving the incoming call from the first home network device and initiating two way communications for the incoming call, wherein the two way communications take place via a second protocol different than the first protocol, wherein the second protocol is a peer-to-peer signaling protocol.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a server;
• and
• a packet switched network protocol application;
• wherein the packet switched network protocol application is configured to receive an incoming call in the packet switched network protocol and communicate the presence of the incoming call to the server;
• and
• wherein the server is configured to:
• notify a network device belonging to the same home network as the server of the incoming call via an eventing mechanism of a first protocol;
• receive an indication from the network device that the network device accepts the incoming call;
• and
• forward the incoming call to the network device via a second protocol different than the first protocol, wherein the second protocol is a peer-to-peer signaling protocol.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a client configured to:
• receive, from a server located on a network device belonging to the same home network as the client, a notification of an incoming call in a packet switched network protocol received at the network device via an eventing mechanism of a first protocol;
• present an interface to a user of the apparatus, the interface allowing the user to accept or reject the incoming call;
• receive an indication from the user as to whether the user accepts or rejects the incoming call;
• send the indication to the server;
• and
• if the user accepts the incoming call, receive the incoming call from the server and initiate two way communications for the incoming call via a second protocol different than the first protocol, wherein the second protocol is a peer-to- peer signaling protocol.