Patent ID: 8229103

Claim:
A method of command processing for a telecommunications system for communication with an external network, the method comprising: initiating a communication between a device of the telecommunications system and an external device over the external network; detecting a first tone generated by the device of the telecommunications system, wherein the first tone is generated in response to a first user selection; determining that the first tone is a first portion of a command sequence for the telecommunications system; buffering the first tone as a buffered first tone; detecting a second tone generated by the device of the telecommunications system, wherein the second tone is generated in response to a second user selection; determining if the second tone is a second portion of the command sequence for the telecommunications system; and selectively providing the first and second tones for execution by either the telecommunications system or by the external device, wherein the providing comprises: if the second tone completes the command sequence for the telecommunications system, executing the command sequence by the telecommunications system without interrupting the communication between the device of the telecommunications system and the external device, and if the second tone is not the second portion of the command sequence for the telecommunications system, transmitting the buffered first tone and the second tone over the external network for execution by the external device.