Telephonic switching system with automatic port assignment capability and method
First Claim
1. In a telephonic switching system having a switch controlled by a central processing unit to interconnect an external network of external telephonic units with a plurality of interior telephonic units of various capabilities respectively connectable with a plurality of communication ports of the switch, the improvement being an automatic port capability assignment system, comprising:
- means for determining the physical capabilities of an interior telephonic unit connected with at least some of the communication ports;
means responsive to receipt from the interior telephonic unit interconnected to one of said plurality of ports of a sign-in code identifying a user for ascertaining or predetermined set of authorized personal capabilities permitted for the individual user; and
means responsive to both the determining means and the ascertaining means for assigning port capabilities to a communication port.
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Abstract
An automatic port capability assignment system for assigning port capabilities to communication ports (20) of a telephonic switching system (10) with a switch (12) controlled by a central processing unit (14) having a memory (15) to interconnect an external network (16) of external telephonic units with interior telephonic units (18) respectively connected with communication ports (20) of the switch (12) and having various communications capabilities. The physical capabilities of an interior telephonic unit (18) connected to a port (20) are determined by a system administration unit (13) assigning a logical device type and a predetermined set of personal capabilities for the individual user. In response to receipt of a sign-in code of an individual user on an interior telephonic unit (18), the automatic port capability assignment system ascertains the personal capabilities permitted for the individual user. Port capabilities are assigned by the control processing unit (14) to communication ports (20) based on the ascertained personal capabilities and the determined physical capabilities of the interior communication unit (20) connected to the port (20).
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33 Claims
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1. In a telephonic switching system having a switch controlled by a central processing unit to interconnect an external network of external telephonic units with a plurality of interior telephonic units of various capabilities respectively connectable with a plurality of communication ports of the switch, the improvement being an automatic port capability assignment system, comprising:
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means for determining the physical capabilities of an interior telephonic unit connected with at least some of the communication ports; means responsive to receipt from the interior telephonic unit interconnected to one of said plurality of ports of a sign-in code identifying a user for ascertaining or predetermined set of authorized personal capabilities permitted for the individual user; and means responsive to both the determining means and the ascertaining means for assigning port capabilities to a communication port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a telephonic switching system having a switch controlled by a central processing unit to interconnect an external network of external telephonic units with a plurality of interior telephonic units respectively connectable with a plurality of communication ports of the switch, the improvement being an automatic port capability assignment system, comprising:
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means associated with at least one of the interior telephonic units for generating a user sign-in code from the port to which at least one of the interior telephonic units is connected; and means responsive to receipt of different user sign-in codes from a port for enabling regular communication at the port and for assigning correspondingly different port capabilities to the port only when enabled. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a telephonic switching system having a switch controlled by a central processing unit to interconnect an external network of external telephonic units with a plurality of interior telephonic units of different types having different associated capabilities respectively connectable with a plurality of communication ports of the switch, a method of automatically assigning different port capabilities to said plurality of communication ports, comprising the steps of:
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determining the type of interior telephonic unit connected with one of the communication ports; ascertaining a preselected set of authorized personal capabilities for an individual user at the interior telephonic unit; and assigning port capabilities to a communication port connected to the interior telephonic unit in response to both the determining means and the ascertaining means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. In a telephonic switching system having a switch controlled by a central processing unit to interconnect an external network of external telephonic units with a plurality of interior telephonic units respectively connectable with a plurality of communication ports of the switch, a method of automatically assigning different port capabilities comprising the steps of:
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generating a user sign-in code from a port for enabling communication at the port to which said at least one interior telephonic unit is connected; and automatically assigning different port capabilities to the port to which said at least one interior telephonic unit is connected only, when said communication is enabled in response to receipt of different corresponding user sign-in codes from the port. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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Specification