Interactive menu for telephone system features
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a menu to a user of a telephone, said menu comprising a plurality of telephone system features permitting interaction between said telephone and a corresponding network to which said telephone is connected;
receiving a menu selection from the user, said menu selection being associated with at least one of said plurality of telephone system features; and
activating said at least one of said plurality of said system features.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing telephone system features on a telephone system is disclosed. A menu of telephone system features may be provided to a user which allows the user to select and activate the various telephone system features.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a menu to a user of a telephone, said menu comprising a plurality of telephone system features permitting interaction between said telephone and a corresponding network to which said telephone is connected; receiving a menu selection from the user, said menu selection being associated with at least one of said plurality of telephone system features; and activating said at least one of said plurality of said system features. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telephone system comprising:
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a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of telephone system features; a menu comprising at least a subset of said plurality of telephone system features; and a telephone communicating said menu to a user, one of said subset of telephone system features being selectable by said user, wherein said computer-readable medium initiates said selectable telephone system feature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing telephone system features to a plurality of telephones comprising:
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a menu server in communication with a telephone network, said telephone network providing a plurality of telephone system features to at least one telephone; a menu of telephone system features supported by said menu server, said menu comprising a plurality of references, each of said references associated with one of said plurality of telephone system features; and a telephone associated with said telephone network, said telephone in communication with said menu server and operable to select at least one of said references, said menu server activating said associated telephone system feature. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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