Network communications having endpoint device with automatic connection to iPBX
First Claim
1. A telephony communications arrangement, comprising:
- a unique internet-based private branch exchange providing telephone services and including a programmable processor circuit programmed to control the telephone services at the internet-based private branch exchange, the unique internet-based private branch exchange adapted to communicate to a remote location using packet-based communications on a packet-based network; and
a plurality of packet-communicating endpoint Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) devices, each of which is adapted to communicate with the unique internet-based private branch using the packet-based network, wherein the packet-based network is also communicatively coupled to a plurality of other packet-based servers, and each packet-communicating endpoint device is configured and arranged to auto-discover the unique internet-based private branch exchange using broadcast message that identifies the endpoint and, in response to the broadcast message, receive an identifier for the unique internet-based private branch, and establish communication with the unique internet-based private branch exchange, and to distinguish, using the locator, the unique internet-based private branch exchange from the plurality of other packet-based servers for establishing packet-based communications between the packet-communicating endpoint device and the unique internet-based private branch exchange.
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Abstract
A telephony communications approach implements an autodiscover feature that enables an endpoint device to automatically locate and establish communication with a desirable server in a web of interconnected servers. In one specific example implementation, the endpoint device is an internet-type telephone communicating with a remotely-located server in an internet-based private branch exchange. Various packet-communicating endpoint devices are adapted to communicate with the internet-based private branch exchange by adapting each to automatically broadcast its identity and, in response to receiving an assignment for the appropriated iPBX, establish communication with the internet-based private branch exchange from other packet-based servers. Other aspects of the invention are directed to approaches for distinguishing the desired internet-based private branch exchange from the other packet-based servers and implementations for assigning the appropriate iPBX.
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20 Claims
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1. A telephony communications arrangement, comprising:
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a unique internet-based private branch exchange providing telephone services and including a programmable processor circuit programmed to control the telephone services at the internet-based private branch exchange, the unique internet-based private branch exchange adapted to communicate to a remote location using packet-based communications on a packet-based network; and a plurality of packet-communicating endpoint Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) devices, each of which is adapted to communicate with the unique internet-based private branch using the packet-based network, wherein the packet-based network is also communicatively coupled to a plurality of other packet-based servers, and each packet-communicating endpoint device is configured and arranged to auto-discover the unique internet-based private branch exchange using broadcast message that identifies the endpoint and, in response to the broadcast message, receive an identifier for the unique internet-based private branch, and establish communication with the unique internet-based private branch exchange, and to distinguish, using the locator, the unique internet-based private branch exchange from the plurality of other packet-based servers for establishing packet-based communications between the packet-communicating endpoint device and the unique internet-based private branch exchange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An endpoint telephony device for use in a communications system including an internet-based private branch exchange adapted to communicate packet-based telephony data with a plurality of endpoint telephony devices over communications paths, the endpoint telephony device comprising:
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a packet-based communications link adapted to directly couple to a packet-based communications path for communicating with the internet-based private branch exchange, the communications path being coupled to a plurality of packet-based servers including the internet-based private branch exchange; a telephony processor configured and arranged to auto-discover an internet-based private branch exchange using a query that returns data that includes identifiers for servers of the plurality of packet-based servers and establish communication with the internet-based private branch exchange for establishing packet-based telephony communications with one of the plurality of endpoint telephony devices via the internet-based private branch exchange. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A telephony communications arrangement comprising:
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an internet-based private branch exchange including programmable means for controlling a server at the internet-based private branch exchange, the internet-based private branch exchange adapted to communicate to a plurality of remote internet telephones over an internet communications link using packet-based communications, the internet communications link being further coupled to a plurality of other packet-based servers; and a plurality of packet-communicating internet telephones, each internet telephone comprising; means for receiving an audible voice signal and for converting the audible voice signal into packet-based voice data for communicating on the internet communications link; means for receiving packet-based voice data via the internet communications link and for converting the packet-based voice data into an audible signal; and communications means for automatically discovering the internet-based private branch exchange and, in response to the automatic discovery, establishing communications with the internet-based private branch exchange for requesting the establishment of telephone communications between the internet telephone and a recipient telephone; and wherein the server at the internet-based private branch exchange is configured and arranged for facilitating the communication of voice data between one of the internet telephones and a recipient telephone in response to the communications means of the one of the internet telephones requesting the establishment of telephone communications with the recipient telephone. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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