Connectivity enhancement
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating digital data, by a central processing node, with at least one digital telephone node of an internal network that includes the central processing node; and
communicating digital data, by said central processing node, with at least one telephone node coupled to an external network to facilitate telephone communications between said digital telephone node of said internal network and said telephone node coupled to said external network.
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Abstract
Digital data may be communicated by a central processing node to and from at least one digital telephone node of an internal network that includes the central processing node, and digital data may be communicated by the central processing node to and from at least one telephone node coupled to an external network to facilitate telephone communications between said digital telephone node of said internal network and said telephone node coupled to said external network.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating digital data, by a central processing node, with at least one digital telephone node of an internal network that includes the central processing node; and
communicating digital data, by said central processing node, with at least one telephone node coupled to an external network to facilitate telephone communications between said digital telephone node of said internal network and said telephone node coupled to said external network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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communicating, by a digital telephone node of an internal network, digital data with a central processing node of said internal network, wherein said digital data corresponds to an incoming transaction or an outgoing transaction with respect to said digital telephone node; and
performing an operation selected from the group consisting of establishing a call and continuing a call, based on information received from one of the group consisting of said central processing node and a user of said digital telephone node. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the method comprising:
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communicating digital data, by said processor, with at least one digital telephone node of an internal network that includes said processor; and
communicating digital data, by said processor, with at least one telephone node coupled to an external network to facilitate telephone communications between said digital telephone node of said internal network and said telephone node coupled to said external network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the method comprising:
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communicating, by a digital telephone node of an internal network, digital data with a central processing node of said internal network, wherein said digital data corresponds to an incoming transaction or an outgoing transaction with respect to said digital telephone node; and
performing an operation selected from the group consisting of establishing a call and continuing a call, based on information received from one of the group consisting of said central processing node and a user of said digital telephone node. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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at least one digital telephone node to send and receive digital data; and
a central processing node coupled to said at least one digital telephone node to communicate digital data with said at least one digital telephone node, said central processing node and said at least one digital telephone node forming an internal network, said central processing node to further provide an interface to facilitate communications between said at least one digital telephone node and at least one telephone unit coupled to a network external to said internal network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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