System and method for providing service provider configurations for telephones using a central server in a data network telephony system
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for configuring a telephone for service comprising:
- a data network to provide data connectivity for a plurality of data communications channels using data transport protocols;
at least one data network telephone connected to the data network, the data network telephone operable to communicate voice signals as data packets on a voice over data channel, the voice over data channel being one of the plurality of data communications channels on the data network containing packetized voice signals, the data network telephone being operable to convert data packets communicated on the voice over data channel to voice;
a telephone configuration server connected to the data network, the telephone configuration server comprising at east one service provider configuration comprising at least one voice communications function; and
a telephone part number comprising any combination of alphanumeric characters, the telephone configuration server being operable to associate the telephone part number with a selected one of the at least one service provider configurations, wherein the selected one of the at least one service provider configuration includes a service provider proxy address associated with a telephone service provider, and wherein the telephone configuration server provides the service provider proxy address to the at least one data network telephone in response to receiving the telephone part number the data network telephone.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing service provider configured telephone service to a user of a data network telephone. The user connects a data network telephone to the data network. The data network telephone may establish a connection to a telephone configuration server. The data network telephone may communicate a part number, such as a serial number, to the telephone configurations server. The telephone configuration server retrieves a service provider configuration, such as a service provider proxy address to send to the data network telephone. The data network telephone may use the service provider proxy address to register and provision the data network telephone for service.
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1. A system for configuring a telephone for service comprising:
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a data network to provide data connectivity for a plurality of data communications channels using data transport protocols;
at least one data network telephone connected to the data network, the data network telephone operable to communicate voice signals as data packets on a voice over data channel, the voice over data channel being one of the plurality of data communications channels on the data network containing packetized voice signals, the data network telephone being operable to convert data packets communicated on the voice over data channel to voice;
a telephone configuration server connected to the data network, the telephone configuration server comprising at east one service provider configuration comprising at least one voice communications function; and
a telephone part number comprising any combination of alphanumeric characters, the telephone configuration server being operable to associate the telephone part number with a selected one of the at least one service provider configurations, wherein the selected one of the at least one service provider configuration includes a service provider proxy address associated with a telephone service provider, and wherein the telephone configuration server provides the service provider proxy address to the at least one data network telephone in response to receiving the telephone part number the data network telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A telephone for communicating voice signals on a data network telephony system, the telephone comprising:
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a network interface to sense a network connection;
a signaling stack operable to perform call initiation functions;
a media engine operable to perform data communications functions, the media engine comprising a voice function operable to communicate digitized voice signals on data packets;
a telephone configuration identifier operable to establish a connection to a telephone configuration server comprising at least one service provider configuration; and
a telephone part number comprising any combination of alphanumeric characters associated with a selected one of the at least one service provider configurations in the telephone configuration server, wherein the selected one of the at least one service provider configurations includes a service provider proxy address associated with a service provider server operable to configure a data network telephone, the data network telephone being operable to provide the telephone part number to the telephone configuration server and, in response to providing the telephone part number, to receive the selected one of the at least one service provider configurations during the connection with the telephone configuration server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A telephone configuration server comprising:
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a phone configuration database comprising a plurality of data network telephone part numbers; and
at least one service provider configuration comprising features in accordance with a telephone service provider, wherein the at least one service provider configuration includes a service provider proxy address associated with a service provider server, the telephone configuration server operable to communicate the service provider configuration to a data network telephone associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of telephone part numbers in response to receiving the corresponding one of the plurality of telephone part numbers from the data network telephone. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of configuring a data network telephone to perform telephone service function in accordance with a telephone service provider, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting to a telephone configuration server;
sending a telephone part number associated with the data network telephone to the telephone configuration server;
receiving a service provider configuration corresponding to the telephone part number, wherein the service provider configuration includes a service provider proxy address associated with a service provider server operable to configure the data network telephone; and
configuring the data network telephone in accordance with the service provider configuration. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing service provider selected configurations of a data network telephone from a central server, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a telephone part number corresponding to the data network telephone;
receiving a service provider configuration corresponding to the telephone part number from a telephone configuration database, wherein the service provider configuration includes a service provider proxy address associated with a service provider server operable to configure the data network telephone; and
sending the service provider configuration to the data network telephone. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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