Patent ID: 7110763

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a digital network; a plurality of communication devices coupled to said network for enabling communications sessions responsive to commands conforming to a known protocol; a plurality of processing devices coupled to said network, said processing devices having a display and being capable of communicating by sending and receiving packetized data over said network during said communications sessions; and one or more graphical proxy servers coupled to a plurality of said processing devices for: registering on behalf of associated processing devices via terminal management circuitry associated with said graphical proxy servers, such that messages intended for said processing devices are received by said one or more graphical proxy servers; in response to receiving messages in said known protocol intended for a particular processing device, graphical server circuitry generating user interfaces for said particular processing device, such that said particular processing device does not need to interpret messages in said known protocol; in response to receiving control information regarding user interaction with said user interface, said terminal management circuitry generating messages in said known protocol on behalf of registered processing devices.