Patent ID: 7012915

Claim:
A network telephone system comprising: a distributed network; a network call processor with data storage forming a central database, said call processor being connected to said distributed network; a plurality of network telephones, each network telephone being connected to said distributed network, user specific records provided at said central database and web pages formed from data at said database, each telephone having a display for displaying information stored in said central database including user specific records and having at least one key; a network device connected to said distributed network; a web browser software interface supported by said network device for accessing said web pages and data and for managing said central database to add and remove names and telephone numbers to said database, said key of said network telephones actuating said user specific records for display of at least a part of said user specific records on said telephone display; a telephone line to distributed network interface connected to a telephone line and connected to said distributed network for receiving packets from said distributed network and sending packets to said distributed network including packets with telephone voice data, said network call processor controlling packets from said telephone line to distributed network interface to said network telephones, said web browser further including means for actuating one of said plurality of network telephones as a user's autuated network telephone via input at said network device using said network device and making a call using one of the telephone numbers, said call including voice packets being sent to the user's actuated network telephone.