The present invention provides a combined user agent (CUA) to represent a
telephone supported by a circuit-switched telephony switch and a
packet-based media device as an integrated group to other network
entities. The CUA is configured to facilitate the necessary call
signaling to establish and control a voice call via the telephony switch,
as well as the session control signaling necessary to establish and
control a media session with the media device. Accordingly, the telephone
and media device appear to the network devices as a single device having
voice and media capabilities, wherein the voice capabilities are
controlled in part by the telephony switch.