TELEPHONE DEVICE

• US 20090074161A1
• Filed: 05/23/2007
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kamiya, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US12/281,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20090074161A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.60
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

In a telephone device including telephone operation section (5a) on panel surface (5) at an upper part of a housing forming main body (4), the housing is constructed so that receiver section (1) can be placed thereon and is also constructed in the form of a desktop telephone device that can be placed on a desk. The telephone device includes computer section (3) connected to telephone operation section (5a) via a predetermined interface, computer section (3) including an operating system for a personal computer or a PDA to install an IP softphone that performs communication according to the Internet Protocol, and providing a communication and phone call function via the IP softphone.

Claims

1. A telephone device including push buttons and a display section on a panel surface at an upper part of a housing, and a receiver connected via a wire or wirelessly to the housing, the receiver being placed on the housing when the device is not in call mode, characterized in that:

the housing is constructed so that the receiver can be placed thereon and is also constructed in the form of a desktop telephone device that can be placed on a desk; and

the telephone device comprises

a hook switch that is provided at the upper part of the housing and detects an off-hook state in which the receiver is picked up from the housing and an on-hook state in which the receiver is placed on the housing, and

a computer section connected to the bush button, the display section and the receiver via predetermined interfaces, the computer section being configured to include an operating system for a personal computer or a PDA to allow installation of an IP softphone operating on the operating system, and providing a communication and phone call function via the IP softphone.

2. The telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising at least a part of keys set as a standard for a computer keyboard, and a pointing device, on the panel surface at the upper part of the housing.

3. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein

the telephone device comprises at least a part of keys set as a standard for a computer keyboard, on the panel surface at the upper part of the housing;

and

the display section is a touch panel.

4. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein

the computer section is configured to allow installation of software, other than the IP softphone, operating on the operating system for a personal computer or a PDA.

5. The telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising

a line button section indicating use of a line, a function button section for setting a phone call function, or a digital-response button section for executing a function displayed on the display section, on the panel surface at the upper part of the housing.