Telecommunications feature server
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
- a first telecommunications controller providing both basic and other telecommunications connections between a plurality of first telecommunications endpoints;
a second telecommunications controller connected to the first telecommunications controller, providing the basic but not the other telecommunications connections between a plurality of second telecommunications endpoints independently of the first telecommunications controller, and further providing telecommunications features to both (a) the plurality of first telecommunications endpoints through the first telecommunications controller and for both the basic and the other telecommunications connections, and (b) the plurality of second telecommunications endpoints independently of the first telecommunications controller and for the basic telecommunications connections; and
the first and the second telecommunications controllers cooperating to provide the basic telecommunications connections between the first telecommunications endpoints and the second telecommunications endpoints.
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Abstract
A PBX (14) is employed as a feature server for another telecommunications subsystem (11), such as a broadband or a multi-media subsystem or another PBX. The PBX'"'"'s feature set is thus made available to the other subsystem. Also, inter-PBX feature transparency is implemented thereby.
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a first telecommunications controller providing both basic and other telecommunications connections between a plurality of first telecommunications endpoints; a second telecommunications controller connected to the first telecommunications controller, providing the basic but not the other telecommunications connections between a plurality of second telecommunications endpoints independently of the first telecommunications controller, and further providing telecommunications features to both (a) the plurality of first telecommunications endpoints through the first telecommunications controller and for both the basic and the other telecommunications connections, and (b) the plurality of second telecommunications endpoints independently of the first telecommunications controller and for the basic telecommunications connections; and the first and the second telecommunications controllers cooperating to provide the basic telecommunications connections between the first telecommunications endpoints and the second telecommunications endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a telecommunications controller providing both voice and other telecommunications connections between a plurality of telecommunications endpoints; a telephone switching system connected to the telecommunications controller, providing telephone connections but not the other telecommunications connections between a plurality of telephone sets independently of the telecommunications controller, and further providing telephony features to both (a) the telephone sets, for the telephone connections, independently of the telecommunications controller, and (b) the telecommunications endpoints, for both the voice and the other telecommunications connections, through the telecommunications controller. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 19)
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18. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a first stored-program-controlled telephone switching system and a second stored-program-controlled telephone switching system connected to each other and each including, and operating under control of, its own stored-program controller; the first telephone switching system providing telecommunications connections independently of the second telephone switching system between a plurality of first telephone sets that are connected to the first telephone switching system, and further providing telecommunications features to the plurality of first telephone sets; the second telephone switching system providing telecommunications connections independently of the first telephone switching system between a plurality of second telephone sets that are connected to the second telephone switching system, and further providing telecommunications features to the plurality of second telephone sets; and the first telephone switching system and the second telephone switching system cooperating to provide telecommunications connections between a first telephone set of the plurality of first telephone sets and a second telephone set of the plurality of second telephone sets, with the stored-program controller of one of the first telephone switching system and the second telephone switching system acting as a telecommunications feature server for the stored-program controller of the other of the first telephone switching system and the second telephone switching system to provide the telecommunications features for both the first telephone set and the second telephone set, to effect telecommunications feature transparency between the first telephone switching system and the second telephone switching system for the connection between the first telephone set and the second telephone set.
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