Patent ID: 7092386
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. In a distributed directory telephony system, a digital attendant useful in association with at least one netphone, a voicemail device and a local area network, the digital attendant comprising: a local area network interface configured to be coupled, via the local area network, to the at least one netphone and the voicemail device; a telephony interface for coupling the at least one netphone to an external telephone system, and wherein each of the at least one netphone includes a netphone directory configured to store and to update network addresses for the digital attendant and the voicemail device, and wherein the voicemail device includes a voicemail directory configured to store and to update network addresses for the digital attendant and the at least one netphone; and an attendant directory configured to store and to update network addresses for the netphone and the voicemail device.