Multi-mode endpoint in a communication network system and methods thereof
First Claim
1. A communication system, comprising:
- a plurality of communication servers each coupled to a network; and
a plurality of endpoints coupled to the network, a first endpoint of the plurality of endpoints being simultaneously registered with more than one of the plurality of communication servers to logically appear as more than one endpoint to the more than one of the plurality of communication servers and to form a master-slave relationship between the first endpoint and the more than one of the plurality of communication servers having the first endpoint as a slave to enable the first endpoint to be independently controlled by and receive messages associated with incoming telephone calls from the more than one of the plurality of communication servers.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and communication network system that allows an endpoint to be simultaneously registered with more than one communications server is described. In one embodiment, the communication network system includes a network, a plurality of communications servers that are coupled to the network, and a plurality of endpoints coupled to the network. Each endpoint is capable of being simultaneously registered with more than one communications server. A communication method for an endpoint involves registering a first logical line of the endpoint with a first communications server, and registering a second logical line of the endpoint with a second communications server. Consequently, flexibility is obtained by allowing an endpoint to choose the registering communications server for each logical line of the endpoint.
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29 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of communication servers each coupled to a network; and a plurality of endpoints coupled to the network, a first endpoint of the plurality of endpoints being simultaneously registered with more than one of the plurality of communication servers to logically appear as more than one endpoint to the more than one of the plurality of communication servers and to form a master-slave relationship between the first endpoint and the more than one of the plurality of communication servers having the first endpoint as a slave to enable the first endpoint to be independently controlled by and receive messages associated with incoming telephone calls from the more than one of the plurality of communication servers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of communication servers having first and second communication servers, each coupled to a network; and an endpoint including two or more simultaneously registered logical lines, a first logical line being registered with the first communication server and a second logical line being registered with the second communication server so that the endpoint is independently controlled by and receives messages associated with incoming telephone calls from the first communication server over the first logical line and from the second communication server over the second logical line, wherein the endpoint is one of a digital telephone and an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of server means coupled to network means; and endpoint means coupled to the network means, said endpoint means having simultaneously registered first and second logical line means, the first logical line means for registering with a first server means, and the second logical line means for registering with a second server means so that the endpoint means is independently controlled by and receives messages associated with incoming telephone calls from the first server means over the first logical line means and from the second server means over the second logical line means, the first server means being different from the second server means. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A communications apparatus, comprising:
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a time switch coupled to a trunk line and for coupling to one or more endpoints being one of a digital telephone and an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone, the time switch receiving signals on the trunk line representing one or more communications calls for switching the signals to the one or more endpoints; a call server coupled to the time switch, the call server controlling the time switch for routing the one or more communications calls to the one or more endpoints; and a gateway coupled to a network and the time switch via the trunk line, the gateway converting IP packets and/or cells for transmission over the network, the gateway registering the one or more endpoints with one or more communications servers coupled to the network for providing communication service to the one or more endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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