Patent ID: 7245607

Claim:
A telecommunications system, comprising: a private branch exchange (PBX) coupled to a local area network (LAN), said PBX including a telephony feature access (TFA) gateway; a server coupled to said local area network, said server configured to provide call processing via said LAN and configured to monitor bandwidth usage of calls it has processed on said LAN; one or more first telephony devices of a first type operably coupled to said TFA gateway, said TFA gateway configured to provide for call processing for said one or more first telephony devices of said first type of calls on said LAN; one or more second telephony devices of a second type operably coupled to said server, said server configured to provide for call processing for said one or more second telephony devices of said second type of calls on said LAN; and means associated with said server for accounting for bandwidth requirements of said one or more first telephony devices of said first type operably coupled to said TFA gateway on said LAN and for calls for which said server has not performed said call processing when processing calls for said one or more second telephony devices of said second type.