Patent ID: 7415103

Claim:
A method for controlling and/or monitoring a first terminal connected to a communication system, the first terminal having at least one function which can be controlled and/or monitored, the method comprising: sending a first message to a telephony server by an application installed on a computer, the first message having a telephone number of the first terminal; transmitting the telephone number to the communication system by the telephony server; transmitting terminal information by the communication system in a response, wherein the terminal information describes which of the functions of the first terminal can be controlled and/or monitored; providing a data base by the telephony server, the data base comprising data records describing a plurality of terminals that can be controlled and/or monitored, wherein at least one data record includes the telephone number and the terminal information received from the communication system regarding the first terminal, wherein the data base has at least one amendable data record having an identification number, wherein one of the terminals is assigned to the amendable data record, and wherein the amendable data record is supplemented by the telephone number and the terminal information received from the communication system regarding the first terminal; and transmitting the telephone number and the terminal information obtained from the supplemental data record to the computer by the telephony server such that the first terminal is controlled and/or monitored by the computer.