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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Robert A. Macaulay, Gloucester, CA;
Milos Vodsedalek, Ottawa, CA;
Brian B. Egan, Stittsville, CA;
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A communications system includes a local community having a local network coupled to various terminals. A server coupled to the local network includes a terminal proxy server and a switch module, such as a soft switch or a private branch exchange (PBX) application. A terminal, such as a remote terminal, can clone any of the terminals in the local community. The remote terminal sends a clone request to the terminal proxy server, which then associates the remote terminal as a clone of a local terminal. The cloning may override the local terminal, in which case the local terminal becomes inactive. Alternatively, the cloning may cause the remote terminal to be a replicate of the local terminal, in which case both terminals remain active. In another feature, multiple soft clients, replicating different local terminals, may co-exist on a single computer platform.