Patent ID: 6891929

Claim:
In a telephone network that includes a telephonic device that is network connectable to a call control server, the call control server configured to recognize and respond to commands issued by the telephonic device to thereby accomplish telephonic tasks, a method for allowing call control using data commands provided over a data line, the method comprising the following: a specific act of receiving a call control command from a data line, a specific act of interpreting the call control command; a specific act of determining one or more acts that would need to be accomplished to comply with the call control command; a specific act of scheduling the one or more acts by performing, a specific act of placing one or more higher priority acts of the one or more acts in a queue for expedited execution; and a specific act of placing one or more lower priority acts of the one or more acts in a database for delayed execution; and a specific act of implementing the one or more acts as scheduled on one or more voice lines or one or more data lines.