9 MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM COMPRISING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE NAMELY, INTEGRATED SERVERS, PACKET SWITCHING APPARATUS, KEY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT, PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT, CIRCUIT SWITCHING APPARATUS, ROUTERS, MULTIPLEXERS, CALL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, VOICE MAIL APPLICATIONS, SYSTEM MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS, LAN AND WAN INTERFACES, STATION INTERFACES, AND VOICE OVER GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK PROTOCOL GATEWAYS, ALSO KNOWN AS VOIP GATEWAYS