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US 9,288,080 B2Granted
Network-extensible and controllable telephone
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPaul Krzyzanowski, Michael Kelly, Ronald Hume
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Abstract
A system that includes a telephone adapted for connection to a data communications network. The telephone is capable of discovering other devices connected to the data communications network and using those devices to extend its own functionality. The telephone is also accessible and controllable by other devices on the data communications network.
Claims12
A telephone that serves as both a network-extensible device and a control point, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory having stored thereon an operating system and logic that enables the telephone to discover other devices being communicatively connected to a network and to extend its own telephony functionality using one or more of the other devices, the logic configuring the telephone to extend its own telephony functionality at least by
- configuring the telephone to discover a directory server that maintains a presence status for a plurality of users and is used as a dialing directory on the telephone,
- configuring the telephone to register with the directory server, and
- configuring the telephone to receive an event when the directory server modifies a presence status associated with one of the plurality of users.
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A method for operating a telephone that serves as both a network-extensible device and a control point, comprising
- discovering one or more devices communicatively connected to a data communication network using the telephone;
- and
- extending a telephony functionality of the telephone using the discovered one or more devices, the discovered one or more devices comprising a directory server that maintains a presence status for a plurality of users and is used as a dialing directory on the telephone, and extending the telephony functionality of the telephone comprising at least
- registering the telephone with the directory server, and
- receiving an event when the directory server modifies a presence status associated with one of the plurality of users.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.