Avaya Inc.

Avaya Technology LLC

John W Soltes

Sandra Abramson

Robert Mitchell

Vincent A Illuzzi

Rituraj Sinha

Paul Roller Michaelis

Randall J Penning

Jatin Patel

A method, system, and computer-readable medium for backing up and/or restoring user-specific settings for one or more IP telecommunications terminals. A backup process is initiated through a user interface of the IP telecommunications terminal. A file name and a backup file are supplied from the telecommunication terminal during a backup process. The backup file is transferred to an HTTP server and the backup file is transferred to the IP telecommunications terminal or other terminals in response to an HTTP GET message received from an IP telecommunications terminal connected to the HTTP server. Accordingly, multiple users can enjoy customized user-interfaces at multiple locations and across multiple platforms.

Telephone stations with independent backup/restore feature

A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable: (i) applications that are external to a telecommunications terminal, rather than the user, to initiate the delivery of content to the terminal, and (ii) the terminal to determine, based on the state of the terminal, whether or not to provide the content to a user. The 'state' of the terminal is determined by one or more of (i) user-driven states, (ii) data states, and (iii) call states. When the terminal's state is considered, as in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the readiness of the user and terminal to accept and process the content are accounted for, and as a result the content does not interfere.

Message handling based on the state of a telecommunications terminal

A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a telecommunications terminal to securely receive unsolicited content from applications that are external to the terminal. In particular, the present invention enables the terminal to control the interaction with external applications by using a secure, two-task process. In the two-task process of the present invention, the execution of the second task is based on verifying the trustworthiness of address information that is provided in the first task. This is in contrast to a one-task process, in which an untrustworthy server that provides content might hide its own address by substituting a legitimate address.

Handling unsolicited content at a telecommunications terminal

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for providing to a user at least one of setting and status information associated with a telecommunication device. The method includes and the apparatus performs the steps of receiving a request for the at least one of setting and status information, collecting the requested at least one of setting and status information, and providing the requested at least one of setting and status information to the user, via an auditory method.

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John W Soltes