Patent ID: 8526423
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A call manager device for managing calls on behalf of a plurality of local terminals with a plurality of distant terminals via a communications network, the call manager device comprising: a plurality of communications interfaces, each of the communications interfaces being in a one-to-one correspondence with one of the local terminals; a plurality of communications client modules, each of the communications client modules being adapted to set up a communications link of a determined communications service with one or more of the distant terminals via the communications network, wherein each of said plurality of communications interfaces is between a local terminal and a communications client module; and a call router configured for: on reception by one of the communications client modules of an incoming call from a distant sending terminal, selecting one or more local terminals able to receive said call and redirecting said call to the communications interface corresponding to the selected local terminal in order to set up a communications link between said distant sending terminal and the selected local terminal via the communications client module receiving the call; and on reception of an outgoing call request via a communications interface corresponding to a local sending terminal, identifying a communications client module able to set up a communications channel of a selected communications service and transmitting the request to the identified communications client module in order to set up a communications link of the selected service between a distant destination terminal and the local sending terminal via the identified communications client module.