The present invention relates to a technique for provid
ing phone management (PM) services to personal com
puters (PCs) which are end users of a PC-only Local
Area Network (LAN) by logically associating voice
terminals of a separate voice and data Network, e.g., a
Private Branch Exchange (PBX), with the PCs. To
provide the PM services, a PM server device is pro
vided as an interface between the PC and PBX Net
works onto which are bridged appearances of the logi
cally associated voice terminals. The PM server device
includes hardware and PM server application software
that perform routing and translations between (1) PM
messages of the PC-LAN which use a ?rst PM signaling
protocol, and (2) PM messages of the PBX which use a
second signaling protocol. Each end user PC of the
PC-LAN that is logically associated with a voice termi
nal on a PBX network includes PM user application
software that provides a PM user interface and termi
nates the first PM signaling protocol. Typical PM ser
vices that can be performed at the PC are displaying
calling/called party identi?cation, retrieving and dis
playing messages on the PC screen, and placing voice
calls from a PC-based directory.
The present invention relates to a technique for provid
ing phone management (PM) services to personal com
puters (PCs) which are end users of a PC-only Local
Area Network (LAN) by logically associating voice
terminals of a separate voice and data Network, e.g., a
Private Branch Exchange (PBX), with the PCs. To
provide the PM services, a PM server device is pro
vided as an interface between the PC and PBX Net
works onto which are bridged appearances of the logi
cally associated voice terminals. The PM server device
includes hardware and PM server application software
that perform routing and translations between (1) PM
messages of the PC-LAN which use a ?rst PM signaling
protocol, and (2) PM messages of the PBX which use a
second signaling protocol. Each end user PC of the
PC-LAN that is logically associated with a voice termi
nal on a PBX network includes PM user application
software that provides a PM user interface and termi
nates the first PM signaling protocol. Typical PM ser
vices that can be performed at the PC are displaying
calling/called party identi?cation, retrieving and dis
playing messages on the PC screen, and placing voice
calls from a PC-based directory.
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The present invention relates to a technique for provid
ing phone management (PM) services to personal com
puters (PCs) which are end users of a PC-only Local
Area Network (LAN) by logically associating voice
terminals of a separate voice and data Network, e.g., a
Private Branch Exchange (PBX), with the PCs. To
provide the PM services, a PM server device is pro
vided as an interface between the PC and PBX Net
works onto which are bridged appearances of the logi
cally associated voice terminals. The PM server device
includes hardware and PM server application software
that perform routing and translations between (1) PM
messages of the PC-LAN which use a ?rst PM signaling
protocol, and (2) PM messages of the PBX which use a
second signaling protocol. Each end user PC of the
PC-LAN that is logically associated with a voice termi
nal on a PBX network includes PM user application
software that provides a PM user interface and termi
nates the first PM signaling protocol. Typical PM ser
vices that can be performed at the PC are displaying
calling/called party identi?cation, retrieving and dis
playing messages on the PC screen, and placing voice
calls from a PC-based directory.
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