Patent ID: 7042991
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to extend the capability of a telephone, comprising: a first processor residing in said telephone; a first memory residing in said telephone and coupled to said first processor; a second processor residing in a computer; a second memory residing in said computer and coupled to said second processor; a first I/O device within said telephone and coupled to said first processor to receive call-related data from a telephone network; and an application program interface (“API”), residing in said telephone and coupled to said first processor, to determine whether said call-related data is to be further processed to provide a particular telephone function for continued handling of at least one current call, and to determine during said at least one current call whether said first processor or said second processor will perform the further processing, wherein this determination is unrelated to whether said call-related data will be stored in said first memory or said second memory.