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EP0833488A1
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Web-page interface to telephone features
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-09-02
Abstract
Abstract A method is provided for clients to access server-based telephony features in the Internet or other non-telephony client-server network, in a platform-independent and network-independent fashion and without modification of the clients. A user of a client (101) uses the client's World Wide Web (WWW) browser (113) to download from a WWW server (104) a page (115) that defines a blank feature form that has virtual actuators and associated parameter fields for the telephony features. The user marks up the downloaded page via the WWW browser to indicate feature selection and any feature parameters, and uploads the marked up page to the WWW server. A form-interpreting script (116) executed by the WWW server interprets the marked up page, and the WWW server sends a feature request that corresponds to the user's feature selection and user-specified parameters to a telephony feature server (105). The telephony feature server responds to the request by providing the requested feature to the user's client. If needed, the WWW server also requests the client to establish a TCP/IP connection with the telephony feature server.
Inventors
- 👤 Kurt H. Haserodt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/253; H04M1/2535; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42136; H04M3/42153; H04M3/42161; H04M7/00; H04M7/0024; H04M7/003; H04M1/247; H04M1/2477; H04M3/56; H04Q; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13109; H04Q2213/13141; H04Q2213/13175; H04Q2213/13204; H04Q2213/13349; H04Q2213/13389
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of accessing telephony features in a non-telephony client-server
network (109) wherein clients (101-103) and servers (104) communicate with
each other via a predefined communications protocol that lacks telephony featureaccess
commands, CHARACTERISED BY the steps of: the client (101) requesting (200-210) an individual telephony feature by
communicating corresponding data with the server via the predefined protocol; the server (104) responding to the communicated data by requesting
(212-218) a provider (105) of the telephony features to provide the individual
telephony feature to the client; and in response to the request from the server, the provider providing (220-224)
the individual telephony feature to the client.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of: the server responding to the communicated data by requesting (216) the
client to connect to the provider; and in response to the request to connect to the provider, the client effecting
(226-228) a communications connection with the provider.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
172 words
The method of claim 1 in a network comprising the Internet, and
having the World Wide Web as the predefined communications protocol, wherein: the step of the client requesting by communicating comprises the steps
of the client requesting (200) a feature-form page (115) from the server, in response to receipt of the feature-form page from the server, the client
marking-up (206-208) the feature form page to indicate selection of the individual
feature and any parameters for the selected feature, and the client sending (210) the marked-up feature form page to the server;
and the step of the server responding by requesting comprises the steps of in response to the client request for a feature-form page, sending (202-204)
the feature form page to the client, in response to receiving the marked-up feature form page from the
client, interpreting (212-214) the marked up feature form page to determine the
individual feature and said any parameters, and in response to the determination, requesting (218) the provider to
provide the individual feature using said any parameters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
171 words
The method of claim 1 in a network comprising the Internet and
having the World Wide Web (WWW) as the predefined communications protocol,
wherein: the step of the client requesting by communicating comprises the steps
of a WWW browser (113) of a client requesting (200) a WWW page (115)
that defines a telephony feature form from a WWW server via the Internet, in response to the request, the WWW server providing (202-204) the
requested WWW page to the client via the Internet, in response to receipt of the requested WWW page, the WWW browser
indicating selection of an individual telephony feature by marking up (206-208) the
telephony feature form of the received WWW page, and the client sending (210) the marked up WWW page to an interpreter
(116) via the Internet; the step of the server responding comprises the step of in response to receipt by the interpreter of the marked up WWW page,
the interpreter interpreting (212-214) the marked up telephony feature form to
determine the selected individual telephony feature.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of claim 3 or 4 further comprising the steps of: in response to the determination, requesting (216) the client, via a
TCP/IP protocol over the Internet, to connect to the provider; and in response to the request to connect to the provider, the client effecting
(226-228) a communications connection with the provider via the TCP/IP protocol
over the Intemet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
121 words
A server (104) that enables telephony features to be accessed in a
non-telephony client-server network (109) wherein clients (101-103) and servers
(104) communicate with each other via a predefined communications protocol that
lacks telephony feature-access commands, and wherein a provider (105) of the
telephony features responds to requests for features by providing the requested
features, the server CHARACTERISED BY: a first arrangement (115, 116, 104:202-204, 212-214) connectable to the
network for communicating with a client (101) via the predefined protocol to obtain
data corresponding to an individual telephony feature requested by the client; and a second arrangement (104:216-218) connectable to the provider and
responsive to the obtained data, for requesting the provider to provide the individual
telephony feature to the client.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The server of claim 6 wherein: the second arrangement is further for requesting (216) the client to effect
a communications connection with the provider.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
132 words
The server of claim 6 for a network that comprises the Internet and
that has the World Wide Web as the predefined communications protocol, wherein: the first arrangement comprises a feature form page (115), means (104:202-204) responsive to receipt from a client of a request for
the feature form page, for sending the feature form page to the client, means (116, 104:212-214) responsive to receipt from the client of the
feature form page marked up by the client to indicate selection of the individual
feature and any parameters for the selected feature, for interpreting the marked up
feature form page to determine the individual feature and said any parameters; and
wherein the second arrangement responds to the determination by requesting
(218) the provider to provide the individual feature using any said parameters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
149 words
The server of claim 6 for a network that comprises the Internet and
that has the World Wide Web (WWW) as the predefined communications protocol,
wherein: the first arrangement comprises an arrangement (104:202-204) responsive to a request for a WWW page
(115) that defines a telephony feature form, received from a client via the Internet
using the WWW, for providing the requested WWW page to the client via the
Internet using the WWW, and an interpreter (116, 104:212-214) responsive to receipt, from the client
via the Internet using the WWW, of the WWW page now defining the telephony
feature form marked up by the client to indicate selection of an individual telephony
feature, for interpreting the marked up telephony feature form to determine the
selected individual telephony feature; and the second arrangement is responsive to the determination, for causing
(218) the provider to provide the selected individual telephony feature.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The server of claim 8 or 9 wherein: the second arrangement is further for requesting (216) the client, via a
TCP/IP protocol over the Internet, to effect a TCP/IP connection with the provider
over the Internet.
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