Patent ID: 7742461
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of associating a computer terminal of a user with a communications device operable by the user within a distributed computer system comprising communications switching apparatus and call control apparatus, the method comprising performing the following: generating an identifier for a communications line end-point, communicating the identifier to the communications device via the computer terminal; initiating a communication with the communications line end-point by said communications device sending a request to said communications switching apparatus for connection to the identifier for said communications line end-point; and when the request for connection to the communications line end-point generated by the communications device is received by said communications switching apparatus within said computer system, said call control apparatus recording an identifier for the communications device; and checking if said device identifier has already been associated with at least one other identifier for a communications line end-point previously communicated to the computer terminal, and in the event of a match, associating the communications device of the user with the computer terminal of the user.