Patent ID: 7006121

Claim:
An apparatus for configuring a virtual terminal that includes a plurality of communication devices accessible to the apparatus, comprising: a signal interface configured to receive a calling signal from a calling terminal, said calling signal including at least a first content part and a second content part, said second content part containing information of a different media content than said first content part; an information separating unit configured to separate said first content part from said second content part of said calling signal; a terminal management unit configured to identify communication attributes of the plurality of communication devices accessible to said terminal management unit and identify which of said plurality of devices are capable of processing information corresponding to at least one of said first content part and said second content part; and a virtual terminal interface configured to send information corresponding to said first content part to a first communication device identified by said terminal management unit as being capable of processing said information of said first content part, and send information corresponding to said second content part to a second communication device identified by said terminal management unit as being capable of processing information of the second content part, wherein each of the first communication device and the second communication device is one of the plurality of communication devices.