| 摘要 |
<p>A phone of a system comprises a connector component that is operationally connectable through a packet network to any selected one or more of a plurality of switch components. The any selected one or more of the plurality of switch components serve to provide one or more of originating and terminating telecommunication service to the phone. <??>The phone in one example comprises one or more instances of call appearance. Call appearance (180) in one example comprises shared call appearance. Shared call appearance (181) in one example comprises an electronic implementation of an extension phone (204). Exemplary instances of call appearance (180) comprise call appearances (182,184). In one example, phone (204) shares call appearance (182) with phone (126). For example, if a call attempts to terminate at phone (126) call appearance (182) in one example serves to cause both phone (126) and phone (204) to generate an alerting tone, and either phone (126) or phone (204) in one example can answer the call. In another example, phone (204) shares call appearance (184) with phone (130).</p> |
