Telephony and data network services at a telephone
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Abstract
A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
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60 Claims
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41. An apparatus for facilitating provision of services in an IP data network for a data network telephone, the apparatus comprising:
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a network intelligence for communicating IP messages to the data network telephone over the IP data network and facilitating provision of services for the data network telephone; and
wherein the network intelligence comprises a first service proxy launched in response to a first input received at the data network telephone based upon information in a first configuration data structure associated with the data network telephone, the first service proxy operable for setting up a first service between a first data source and the data network telephone. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method for facilitating provision of services in an IP data network for a data network telephone, the method comprising:
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communicating IP messages to the data network telephone over the IP data network; and
facilitating a first service between a first data source and the data network telephone, comprising launching a first service proxy in response to a first input received at the data network telephone based upon information in a first configuration data structure associated with the data network telephone.
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60. A method of co-ordinating a telephone and personal computer (PC) at a workstation which are both connected to a data network, comprising:
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setting up a data service at the PC from a data source; and
setting up a coordinated data service between the telephone and the data source over the data network.
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Specification