Patent ID: 11916979
Assignee: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a control command from a computing device connected to a cloud-based communication system based on a telephony extension;
obtaining, from a database, a binding status of the computing device to a voice over internet protocol (VOIP) phone connected to the cloud-based communication system based on the telephony extension, wherein the binding status indicates whether a wireless binding between the computing device and the VOIP phone is active, the control command indicating a function to be performed by the VOIP phone;
enabling bi-directional control such that the computing device is enabled to control a function of the VOIP phone and the VOIP phone is enabled to control a function of the computing device, when the binding status indicates an active binding between the computing device and the VOIP phone; and
transmitting the control command to the VOIP phone to perform the indicated function.