Local Area Network System Comprising at Least One Telephone Terminal and Multimedia Terminals
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1. A routing device intended to equip a local network in which at least one telephone terminal is associated with multimedia terminals wherein being intended to automatically select at least one multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a data stream at the same time as a telephone communication is established by one of the phone terminals, it comprises:
- means for detecting the location of the terminals, their state of use, and their capabilities, andmeans for automatically selecting the most adapted multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a data stream depending on its location, and/or its capabilities and/or its availability.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a routing device intended to equip a local network in which at least one telephone terminal is associated with multimedia terminals. The device is intended to automatically select at least one multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a stream at the same time as a telephone communication is established. It comprises:
- means for detecting the location of the terminals, their state of use, and their capabilities, and
- means for automatically selecting the multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a stream depending on its location, and/or its capabilities and/or its availability.
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1. A routing device intended to equip a local network in which at least one telephone terminal is associated with multimedia terminals wherein being intended to automatically select at least one multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a data stream at the same time as a telephone communication is established by one of the phone terminals, it comprises:
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means for detecting the location of the terminals, their state of use, and their capabilities, and means for automatically selecting the most adapted multimedia terminal that has to receive or send a data stream depending on its location, and/or its capabilities and/or its availability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A method of managing a local network in which at least one telephone terminal is associated with multimedia terminals, wherein at least one adapted multimedia terminal is selected automatically, said terminal having to receive or send a data stream at the same time as a telephone communication is established by one of the phone terminals, this automatic selection being performed on the basis of the location of the terminals, their state of use and/or their capability.
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