Method for operating a telephone system with at least two telephony terminals and a telephony terminal for carrying out the method

• US 8,139,740 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Farber, James, Greenspan, Steven, Schlossecki, Dirk, Grün, Michael, Stadler, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): HONG, HARRY S
• Application Number:
  US12/336,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20090232293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,189 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 379/201.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2472 with programmable function keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/46 Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/465 Arrangements for simultaneously calling a number of substations until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/915 Soft key

Abstract

A method for operating a telephone system with at least two telephony terminals to where, in addition to voice data or user data, functional data is transmitted by means of special functions of the telephone system, such as forwarding or holding established call connections. It shall be possible in a simple way for the user to handle even a relatively large multitude of special functions. For this purpose, according to the invention, an action key of a first telephony terminal, provided for triggering special functions is assigned the respective special function to be triggered, depending on its own status or the status of a second telephony terminal within the same team.

Claims

1. A method for operating a telephone system having

at least two telephony terminals where functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system comprising:

allocating a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list;

assigning a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal; and

triggering, by a processor, the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of available first and second telephony terminals, a call connection between the two telephony terminals is triggered by actuation of the action key.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of a call coming in on the second telephony terminal, a taking of the call by the first telephony terminal is triggered by actuation of the action key.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of several calls coming in simultaneously on the second telephony terminal, taking of one of the incoming calls by the first telephony terminal is triggered by the action key and an allocated selection unit.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein in the case of an active telephone conversation between a third terminal and the second terminal, the action key connects the first terminal to the telephone conversation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein an incoming call, which had been forwarded before by the first telephony terminal to the second terminal is retrieved by the first terminal by means of the action key.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocation of the second telephony terminal selected from the list to the first telephony terminal is triggered by the action key.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of the telephony terminals available for allocation is activated by pressing the action key.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein an action key triggers special functions.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephony terminals include an integrated storage, respectively, and further comprising selecting storage areas in the integrated storage for storing allocation information on other telephony terminals

11. A telephone system including at least two telephony terminals, wherein functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system between the at least two telephony terminals comprising:

a processor that allocates a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list, assigns a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal, and triggers the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause to be performed a method for operating a telephone system having at least two telephony terminals where functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system comprising:

allocating a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list;

assigning a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal; and

triggering the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.