Telephone system responsive to call control protocol
View Patent ↗Some embodiments provide receipt by a telephone of call control signals from an external device, the call control signals associated with a third party call control protocol, and execution of telephone call functionality in accordance with the call control signals.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a telephone, telephone call signals from a Packet-Switched Telephone Network;
encapsulating the telephone call signals to a computer network protocol;
transmitting the encapsulated telephone call signals from the telephone to an external computing device;
decapsulating the encapsulated telephone call signals at the external computing device;
determining, at the external computing device, that the telephone call signals are intended for the telephone that received the telephone call signals from the Packet-Switched Telephone Network; and
transmitting the telephone call signals from the external computing device back to the telephone that received the telephone call signals from the Packet-Switched Telephone Network to establish a telephone call.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the call signals specify a first telephone functionality associated with a first one of a plurality of handsets that are associated with the telephone, and a second telephone functionality associated with a second one of the plurality of handsets.
3. A system, comprising:
a telephone to receive telephone call signals from a Packet-Switched Telephone Network, to encapsulate the telephone call signals to a computer network protocol, and to transmit the encapsulated telephone call signals; and
a computing device to receive the encapsulated telephone call signals from the telephone, to decapsulate the encapsulated telephone call signals, to determine that the telephone call signals are intended for the telephone that received the telephone call signals from the Packet-Switched Telephone Network, and to transmit the telephone call signals back to the telephone that received the telephone call signals from the Packet-Switched Telephone Network to establish a telephone call.
4. A system according to claim 3 , the telephone comprising:
a base station; and
a plurality of handsets in communication with the base station.
5. A system according to claim 3 , wherein the call signals specify a first telephone functionality associated with a first one of the plurality of handsets, and a second telephone functionality associated with a second one of the plurality of handsets.