Patent ID: 6584490
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A system for providing call handling services in a data network telephone system comprising:a data network to provide data connectivity for a plurality of data communications channels using data transport protocols; a data network telephone connected to the data network, the data network telephone operable to communicate a voice signal as voice-over-data packets on a voice-over-data channel, the voice-over-data channel being one of the plurality of data communications channels on the data network, the data network telephones each operable to convert voice-over-data packets communicated on the voice-over-data channel to voice signals; and a portable information device comprising a data network telephone interface, the portable information device operable to transmit priority information to the data network telephone via the data network telephone interface; wherein the priority information is received at the data network telephone and wherein the data network telephone accesses the priority information in response to the data network telephone receiving a call request across the data network.