Status notification system for a voice communications telephone, voice communications telephone, status management apparatus, and notification method therefor
First Claim
1. A status notification system for notifying a status of a voice communications telephone, the system comprising:
- a plurality of voice communications telephones registered to the same group;
a status management apparatus managing a status of the plurality of voice communications telephones; and
a network connecting the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus,wherein the plurality of voice communications telephones comprises a status notification button notifying a self-status of one of the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus, andwherein the self-status is notified to the status management apparatus through the network by operating the status notification button.
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Abstract
A status notification system for notifying a status of a voice communications telephone, the system includes a plurality of voice communications telephones registered to the same group, a status management apparatus managing a status of the plurality of voice communications telephones, and a network connecting the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus. The plurality of voice communications telephones includes a status notification button notifying a self-status of one of the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus, and the self-status is notified to the status management apparatus through the network by operating the status notification button.
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29 Claims
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1. A status notification system for notifying a status of a voice communications telephone, the system comprising:
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a plurality of voice communications telephones registered to the same group; a status management apparatus managing a status of the plurality of voice communications telephones; and a network connecting the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus, wherein the plurality of voice communications telephones comprises a status notification button notifying a self-status of one of the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus, and wherein the self-status is notified to the status management apparatus through the network by operating the status notification button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A voice communications telephone, comprising a status notification button for notifying outward a self-status of the voice communications telephone, wherein
the voice communications telephone notifies outward the self-status through a network by operating the status notification button.
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21. A status management apparatus for managing a status of a voice communications telephone, comprising a status management table registering a status of a plurality of voice communications telephones, wherein
the status management apparatus, upon receiving the self-status from any one of the plurality of voice communications telephones, updates contents registered in the status management table and distributes the contents of the status management table thus updated to the plurality of voice communications telephones.
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22. A notification method of notifying a status of a voice communications telephone, the method being used in a status notification system comprising a plurality of voice communications telephones registered in the same group in advance, a status management apparatus for managing a status of the plurality of voice communications telephones, and a network for connecting the plurality of voice communications telephones and the status management apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing the plurality of voice communications telephones with a status notification button for notifying a self-status of one of the plurality of voice communications telephones to the status management apparatus; operating the status notification button according to a change in the self-status; generating a status notification signal for notifying the change in the self-status to the status management apparatus; and notifying the status notification signal to the status management apparatus through the network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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