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ACCESSING CALL CONTROL FUNCTIONS FROM AN ASSOCIATED DEVICE

  • US 20080137643A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2006
  • Published: 06/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a networking environment that includes a computer associated with an IP phone, a method of allowing the computer to initiate a call with a remote user using the IP phone, the method comprising:

  • exposing one or more functions executed on the IP phone to the computer;

    in response to receiving a request generated on the computer to initiate the call;

    transmitting a first control message from the computer to the IP phone;

    wherein the first control message is configured to access a function exposed on the IP phone for generating the call to the remote user; and

    converting the first control message into a second control message that is configured to notify the remote user of the call when transmitted over an IP data network.

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