Patent ID: 7843485

Claim:
A communication system for use with a communication network, comprising: a primary entertainment device connected to the communication network, the primary entertainment device having a software client configured to provide two-way communication between the primary entertainment device and a telephony device connected to the communication network, wherein the software client is further configured to interrupt and to store a current presentation of entertainment information in a memory if the two-way communication between the primary entertainment device and the telephony device is established and to store information related to an incoming call in the memory if the presentation of the entertainment information is not interrupted, wherein the primary entertainment device comprises an entertainment console; an application server connected to the communication network, the application server configured to communicate with the software client of the primary entertainment device and to facilitate the two-way communication between the primary entertainment device and the telephony device; and a secondary entertainment device in communication with the primary entertainment device, wherein the primary entertainment device facilitates access by the secondary entertainment device to the telephony device connected to the communication network through a connection with the primary entertainment device, wherein the secondary entertainment device comprises an entertainment console.