Patent ID: 8001709

Claim:
A method for accessing telephony services and resources by packet enabled devices, comprising the steps of: accessing at least one data document on a network by a browser on a packet enabled device; downloading the at least one data document from the network to the packet enabled device; identifying by the packet enabled device at least one resource required to display the at least one data document on the packet enabled device; establishing a communication link between the packet enabled device and a bridge; transmitting a command from the packet enabled device to the bridge for access to the at least one resource identified by the packet enabled device; mapping the transmitted command to a standardized protocol command; establishing at least one call session between the bridge and the at least one resource; sending the standardized protocol command to the at least one resource; processing data at the at least one resource based on the standardized protocol command; returning the processed data to the bridge; mapping the processed data into a protocol usable by the packet enabled device; and outputting the processed data in the protocol usable by the packet enabled device from the bridge to the packet enabled device; and displaying the data document.