Patent ID: 7088709

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a computer device; a telecommunication terminal apparatus having individual internal assemblies; a switch, said switch, said computer device, and said telecommunication terminal apparatus all allowing connection to a public telephone network, a first bus system that connects said computer device to said telecommunication terminal apparatus; a second bus system having a smaller bandwidth than said first bus system that connects the individual internal assemblies of said telecommunication terminal apparatus, an interface that connects said telecommunication terminal apparatus to said switch; said telecommunication terminal apparatus having a first operating mode in which reception data received from said switch are rerouted by said telecommunication terminal apparatus to said first bus system, and are forwarded via said first bus system to said computer device; said computer device comprising a processor for processing the reception data received by said telecommunication terminal apparatus, and for forwarding the reception data to said telecommunication terminal apparatus via said first bus system for output by said telecommunication terminal apparatus; said first bus system forwarding transmission data produced by said telecommunication terminal apparatus to said computer device in the first operating mode for processing in said computer device by said processor to change the transmission data into processed transmission data and sending the processed transmission data to said telecommunication terminal apparatus; and said telecommunication terminal apparatus rerouting the processed transmission data produced by said telecommunication terminal apparatus to said interface, for forwarding to said switch.