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Self-configuring network telephone system and method

  • US 20040047297A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2002
  • Published: 03/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically configuring a network phone system, comprising:

  • broadcasting, by a phone connected to the network, a command containing a predetermined telephone number over the network;

    if a network response is received during a timeout period, determining from the response that the predetermined telephone number is already assigned to another telephone connected to the network;

    receiving a directory message over the network after receiving the number-assigned response, the directory message including a telephone directory containing numbers assigned to telephones connected to the network;

    finding a non-conflicting telephone number from the received telephone directory;

    adopting the found number as the number for the phone, and broadcasting the adopted number over the network.

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