Method and system for operating a PDA for use with an IP phone device
First Claim
1. A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), comprising:
- a memory for storing a list of phone features downloaded from a first IP phone device to the PDA; and
software stored in the memory for allowing a first user to select a first set of phone features from the list of phone features, allowing the first user to store, within the PDA, the selected phone features as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features, allowing the first user to download the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to a second IP phone device, and allowing the first user to operate the second IP phone device according to the first user'"'"'s personal phone features from the PDA such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein.
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Abstract
A personal digital assistant (PDA) stores a list of available phone features and policies and selects certain phone features and policies from the stored features and policies. When connected with an internet protocol (IP) phone device, the PDA downloads the selected phone features and policies to the IP phone device in a new location, so that the IP phone device can be operated as the user'"'"'s personal phone. The PDA verifies the user'"'"'s identity to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to the IP phone device or IP-PBX. Also, the PDA, with phone features and policies stored therein, visually displays phone configurations and mappings to an administrator of the IP-PBX for verifying the actual configuration of the phone system based on the stored configuration.
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43 Claims
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1. A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), comprising:
a memory for storing a list of phone features downloaded from a first IP phone device to the PDA; and software stored in the memory for allowing a first user to select a first set of phone features from the list of phone features, allowing the first user to store, within the PDA, the selected phone features as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features, allowing the first user to download the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to a second IP phone device, and allowing the first user to operate the second IP phone device according to the first user'"'"'s personal phone features from the PDA such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) comprising:
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first means for storing a list of phone features downloaded from a first IP phone device to the PDA; second means for selecting a first set of phone features from the list of phone features, downloading the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to a second IP phone device, and operating the second IP phone device according to the first user'"'"'s personal phone features from the PDA such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein; and third means for storing, within the PDA, the selected phone features as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operating a hardware-based IP phone system comprising the steps of:
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downloading a list of phone features from a first IP phone device to the PDA; selecting a first set of phone features from the list of phone features and storing, within the PDA, the selected phone features as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features; connecting the PDA to a second IP phone device and downloading the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to the second IP phone device; and operating the second IP phone device according to the first user'"'"'s personal phone features from the PDA such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable storage medium of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), comprising:
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a first source code segment for storing a list of phone features downloaded from a first IP phone device to the PDA; and a second source code segment for selecting a first set of phone features from the list of phone features, the second source code segment for storing, within the PDA, the selected phone features as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features, downloading the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to a second IP phone device, and the second source code segment for operating the second IP phone device according to the first user'"'"'s personal phone features from the PDA such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operating a hardware-based IP phone system comprising the steps of:
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downloading a list of phone features from a first IP phone device to the PDA; selecting a first set of phone features from the list of phone features and storing the selected phone features within the PDA as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features; connecting the PDA to an IP-PBX and uploading the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to the IP-PBX; and downloading phone features from the IP-PBX to a second IP phone device such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for communicating with an Internet Protocol-Public Branch Exchange (IP-PBX), comprising:
means for allowing selecting of a first set of phone features from the list of phone features, allowing storing the selected phone features within the PDA as the first user'"'"'s personal phone features, allowing connecting the PDA to an IP-PBX and allowing uploading the first user'"'"'s personal phone features to the IP-PBX, and allowing downloading phone features from the IP-PBX to a second IP phone device such that the first and second IP phone devices operate in a same manner based on the first user'"'"'s personal phone features so long as each has the first user'"'"'s personal phone features loaded therein at least one of the first user'"'"'s personal phone features being implemented in a telecommunication system. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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