Patent ID: 7512115

Claim:
A telephone for providing content to a client external to the telephone, the telephone and the client each separately coupled to a communications network, the telephone comprising: a network interface operable to couple the telephone to the communications network; a handset operable to provide oral communication by a user of the telephone using the network interface; a memory operable to store communication software and content for delivery to the client using the network interface, the content associated with the operation of the telephone; and a processor coupled to the memory and operable to execute the communication software to enable the telephone to: receive a request from the client via the network interface for the content stored in the memory; transmit the content from the telephone to the client via the network interface in response to the request, the content transmitted in a format for presentation in a graphical user interface on the client; receive a request from the client via the network interface to execute a telephone-related option selected by the user of the client in the graphical user interface; and execute the requested telephone-related option.