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A personal computer and a telephony device are integrated using an input director and an input receiver. The input director is configured to receive an instruction from a user interface device, the instruction corresponding to a function of the telephony device. The input receiver is configured to receive the instruction from the input director and control the telephony device based on the instruction.
1. A system for integrating a personal computer and a telephony device, comprising:
an input director, of the personal computer, configured to:
receive an instruction from a user interface device,
determine location information of a pointing device; and
based on the location information, either:
(i) transmit the instruction to a windowing system of the personal computer and cause a cursor to be displayed on a desktop display of the personal computer, or
(ii) transmit the instruction to the telephony device and cause the cursor to be displayed on at least one screen of the telephony device; and
an input receiver, of the telephony device, configured to receive the instruction from the input director via a communication network and provide the instruction to an application, to implement a function based on the instruction.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input director is further configured to identify a plurality of physical coordinates associated with the pointing device on at least one display, the plurality of physical coordinates spanning across the desktop display of the personal computer associated with the windowing system of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device.
3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein when the pointing device is moved off an edge of the desktop display of the personal computer a telephony device windowing system is activated.
4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the input director is further configured to construct a virtual desktop spanning the desktop display of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device and move the cursor across the desktop display and the at least one screen based on the plurality of physical coordinates.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input director transmits the instruction over the communication network and the input receiver receives the instruction from the communication network.
6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input director stores a dimension of the desktop display of the personal computer and a dimension of the at least one screen of the telephony device.
7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input receiver is further configured to transmit a handshake request over the communication network to the input director to establish a connection between the personal computer and the telephony device.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input receiver is further configured to identify a function associated with the instruction.
9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface device includes a mouse or a keyboard.
10. A method for integrating a personal computer and a telephony device, comprising the steps of:
receiving, by an input director of the personal computer, an instruction from a user interface device;
determining location information of a pointing device;
based on the location information, either:
(i) transmitting the instruction to a windowing system of the personal computer and causing a cursor to be displayed on a desktop display of the personal computer, or
(ii) transmitting the instruction to the telephony device and causing the cursor to be displayed on at least one screen of the telephony device;
receiving, by an input receiver of the telephony device, the instruction from the input director via a communication network; and
providing the instruction to an application, to implement a function based on the instruction.
11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:
identifying a plurality of physical coordinates associated with the pointing device on at least one display, the plurality of physical coordinates spanning across the desktop display of the personal computer associated with the windowing system of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device.
12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising the step of:
activating a telephony device windowing system when the pointing device is moved off an edge of the desktop display of the personal computer.
13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising the steps of:
constructing a virtual desktop spanning the desktop display of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device; and
moving the cursor across the desktop display and the at least one screen based on the plurality of physical coordinates.
14. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:
transmitting the instruction over the communication network to an input receiver configured to control the telephony device based on the instruction.
15. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:
storing a dimension of the desktop display of the personal computer and a dimension of the at least one screen of the telephony device.
16. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the steps of:
transmitting a handshake request over the communication network to the input director; and
establishing a connection between the personal computer and the telephony device.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein further comprising identifying, by the input receiver, a function associated with the instruction.
18. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the user interface device includes a mouse or a keyboard.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to perform:
receiving, by an input director of a personal computer, an instruction from a user interface device;
determining location information of a pointing device;
based on the location information, either:
(i) transmitting the instruction to a windowing system of the personal computer and causing a cursor to be displayed on a desktop display of the personal computer, or
(ii) transmitting the instruction to the telephony device and causing the cursor to be displayed on at least one screen of the telephony device;
receiving, by an input receiver of the telephony device, the instruction from the input director via a communication network; and
providing the instruction to an application, to implement a function based on the instruction.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
identifying a plurality of physical coordinates associated with the pointing device on at least one display, the plurality of physical coordinates spanning across the desktop display of the personal computer associated with the windowing system of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
activating a telephony device windowing system when the pointing device is moved off an edge of the desktop display of the personal computer.
22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
constructing a virtual desktop spanning the desktop display of the personal computer and the at least one screen of the telephony device; and
moving the cursor across the desktop display and the at least one screen based on the plurality of physical coordinates.
23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
transmitting the instruction over the communication network to an input receiver configured to control the telephony device based on the instruction.
24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
storing a dimension of the desktop display of the personal computer and a dimension of the at least one screen of the telephony device.
25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to perform:
transmitting a handshake request over the communication network to the input director; and
establishing a connection between the personal computer and the telephony device.
26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the sequences of instructions further include instructions which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform: identifying, by the input receiver, a function associated with the instruction.
27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the user interface device includes a mouse or a keyboard.