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A development system for generating an automated server application program includes a server and a development tool. The server is responsive to a set of server control signals for providing a service to an expanded capability telephone via a telephone network, the service being in the form of signals that are exchanged with the expanded capability telephone. The development tool generates the set of server control signals, and operates by generating a set of graphical interfaces for displaying current service parameters to a developer, and receiving new values of the service parameters from the developer. A set of objects are provided in the development tool, each possessing predefined properties and exhibiting predefined behavior, whereby the set of objects defines the functionality of the development tool. The development tool modifies the set of objects in accordance with the new values of the service parameters, and generates the set of server control signals as a function of the modified set of objects. The development system may be adapted to operate in an environment in which the expanded capability telephone is an Analog Display Services Interface (ADSI)-compatible telephone, and the exchange of signals is in accordance with an ADSI protocol. In another aspect, the development tool permits modification of a first one of the objects in accordance with the new values of the service parameters. This information is then automatically channeled from the first object to another one or more of the objects.

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