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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Atiya Suhail, Richardson, TX (US);
Kashipati G. Rao, Plano, TX (US);
Thierry Labbe, Claman, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A voice over IP (VOIP) networkincludes a graphical proxy serverthat allows 'dumb' terminals () to act as SIP phones or H.323 phones; only the graphical proxy server () needs to support the underlying signaling protocol. The graphical proxy server () includes a graphical server () and a terminal management system (). The terminal management system () handles the calls for each associated graphical terminal () and interacts with the graphical server () to provide a customized GUI for each graphical terminal () to display current call status. Each terminal () has a respective instance of a terminal controller program () in the terminal management system (). The terminal controller for a terminal () controls the terminal's GUI responsive to incoming SIP messages directed to the terminal and generates SIP messages responsive to user interaction with the terminal's GUI.