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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Mark R. Nelson, Plano, TX (US);
Richard B. Platt, Allen, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A telephone is provided for delivering content to a client that is coupled to a communications network. The telephone includes a processor and a network interface operable to couple the telephone to the communications network. The telephone also includes a handset operable to provide oral communication by a user of the telephone using the network interface. Furthermore, the telephone includes a memory that is coupled to the processor and operable to store content for delivery to the client using the network interface. The content that is stored is associated with the operation of the telephone. In a particular embodiment, the client to which the content is delivered is a Web browser, and the content is at least one HyperText Markup Language document to be displayed in the Web browser.