Graphical communications device using translator
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a digital network;
one or more communication servers coupled to said network for enabling communications sessions responsive to commands conforming to one or more known protocols;
a plurality of graphical terminals coupled to said network for communicating by sending and receiving packetized data and signaling messages over said network during said communications sessions; and
one or more graphical servers each coupled to a plurality of said graphical terminals for;
receiving service requests, where at least some of said service requests are generated responsive to a signaling message;
sending graphical information to the graphical terminals responsive to said service requests to provide graphical interfaces on said graphical terminals;
receiving control information associated with actions by users using said graphical interface; and
generating service requests to create signaling messages responsive to said control information.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of network devices that communicate using one or more protocols, such as SIP. Graphical terminals (30) communicate with the network devices. Graphical servers (32) provide a graphical user interface for the graphics terminals (30) responsive to signaling messages received by the graphical terminals (30) and forwarded to the graphical server (32) in a service request. As the user operates the interface to perform functions, graphical information on the user'"'"'s actions is sent to the associated graphical server (32). The graphical server (32) interprets the graphical information and updates the graphical interface and/or generates service requests for signaling messages to create, modify and terminate communication sessions as desired by the user, using the appropriate protocol.
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12 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a digital network; one or more communication servers coupled to said network for enabling communications sessions responsive to commands conforming to one or more known protocols; a plurality of graphical terminals coupled to said network for communicating by sending and receiving packetized data and signaling messages over said network during said communications sessions; and one or more graphical servers each coupled to a plurality of said graphical terminals for; receiving service requests, where at least some of said service requests are generated responsive to a signaling message; sending graphical information to the graphical terminals responsive to said service requests to provide graphical interfaces on said graphical terminals; receiving control information associated with actions by users using said graphical interface; and generating service requests to create signaling messages responsive to said control information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing communications over a digital network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving signaling messages conforming to one or more known protocols from one or more communication servers coupled to said network; translating the signaling messages into service requests indicating an desired action; receiving the service requests in one or more graphical servers each coupled to a plurality of said graphical terminals; sending graphical information from the graphical servers to the graphical terminals responsive to the service requests to control graphical interfaces executed on the graphical terminals; sending control information associated with actions by users using said graphical interface to the one or more graphical servers; and generating service requests to create signaling messages responsive to said control information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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