SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CLIENT-SIDE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AND TELEPHONY AND PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SERVICES VIA AN ETHERNET ADAPTER

摘要

The present application is directed towards systems and methods for providing telephony and private branch exchange services via a single device installed as an Ethernet adapter on a computing device. A device, based around a standard form factor such as a PCI card, with a CPU, operating system, and memory may be installed in a server or other computing device and utilize power from the computing device while operating independently. The device combines both Ethernet adapters, bridges, and switches, and circuit-switched telephone network and private branch exchange switches and ports to act as a bridge between packet-based and circuit-based networks.