Patent ID: 8094680

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, from a first telephony device and by a processor, a first telephony configuration file, the first telephony configuration file comprising a plurality of first configuration fields having respective first parameter values and having a first configuration file format; converting, by the processor, the first telephony configuration file into an intermediary configuration file comprising intermediary configuration fields corresponding to the plurality of first configuration fields, a first set of intermediary configuration fields having parameter values derived from the first parameter values; converting, by the processor, the intermediary configuration file into a second telephony configuration file comprising a plurality of second telephony configuration fields having respective second parameter values derived from the parameter values of the intermediary configuration fields, wherein the second telephony configuration file corresponds to a second telephony device different from the first telephony device, wherein the intermediary configuration file format is not supported by the first and second telephony devices, wherein the second telephony configuration file is supported by the second telephony device but not the first telephony device, and wherein the second telephony device is to replace the first telephony device.