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Method for operating a telephone system with at least two telephony terminals and a telephony terminal for carrying out the method

US8139740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Avaya Inc. · US

Inventors

Dirk Schlossecki · Heide, DE
Michael Grun · Siegburg, DE
Stephan Wuermlin Stadler · Heusenstamm, DE
James Farber · Rumson, US
Steven Greenspan · Scotch Plains, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2008
Grant date	Mar 20, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S379/915
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a telephone system with at least two telephony terminals to where, in addition to voice data or user data, functional data is transmitted by means of special functions of the telephone system, such as forwarding or holding established call connections. It shall be possible in a simple way for the user to handle even a relatively large multitude of special functions. For this purpose, according to the invention, an action key of a first telephony terminal, provided for triggering special functions is assigned the respective special function to be triggered, depending on its own status or the status of a second telephony terminal within the same team.

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