Patent ID: 7624191

Claim:
A method for transmitting data in a computer telephony interface (CTI) communications system having a server and at least first through third clients connected to the server via a CTI interface, each of the clients being assigned at least one terminal such that the first client has at least one first client terminal and the second client has at least one second client terminal, the method comprising: generating prescribed connection information in a centralized device of the CTI communications system, the prescribed connection information being generated when at least a first client terminal and second client terminal are connected in a current connection, the prescribed connection information describing the current connection, the prescribed connection information being stored in a prescribed memory area of the server; transmitting a data file associated with the current connection from the first client having the first client terminal involved in the current connection to the server via the CTI interface, the data file being transmitted with assistance of the prescribed connection information stored in the server; storing the data file in the prescribed memory area for the associated prescribed connection information; and forwarding the data file from the prescribed memory area to at least the second client having the second client terminal involved with the current connection, the data file being forwarded with assistance of the prescribed connection information stored in the server.