Patent ID: 7830823
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of remote feature control in a network of devices employing the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) comprising: providing a central server including one or more SIP features; providing one or more local SIP enabled devices with a configurable feature, said local SIP enabled devices in communication with said central server, wherein in at least one of said local SIP enabled devices said configurable feature is incompatible with said one or more SIP features on said central server, said central server identifying a corresponding SIP feature; and remotely controlling said configurable feature of said local SIP enabled device with said central server, said central server mapping incompatible configurable features of said one or more local SIP enabled devices to corresponding ones of said one or more SIP features, wherein said central server controls said configurable feature by: wherein said corresponding SIP features perform an equivalent function to mapped said incompatible configurable features.