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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Edwin J. Basart, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael S. W. Tovino, Bend, OR (US);
Dale C. Tonogai, Los Altos, CA (US);
David B. Rucinski, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Edwin J. Basart, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael S. W. Tovino, Bend, OR (US);
Dale C. Tonogai, Los Altos, CA (US);
David B. Rucinski, Red Bank, NJ (US);
ShoreTel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A button box provides additional keys that can be used in conjunction with a telephone. In one embodiment, a button box is configured by associating it with a telephone and by programming its keys. When a key on the button box is activated, a key press event is sent from the button box to the associated phone. The phone treats the key press event as if a key on the phone itself had been activated and forwards the event to the voice switch appliance associated with the phone. (Alternatively, the key press event is sent from the button box directly to a voice switch appliance.) The button box's user interface is controlled by a voice switch appliance.