Patent ID: 9264552
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for supporting communications between an internet user on an internet-addressed-communications-device and a telephony user on a telephony subscriber device, the internet user having a corresponding user identity and the telephony subscriber device having a corresponding telephone number, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at at least one gateway, information regarding the user identity of the internet user and the telephone number; (b) subsequent to receiving the information, receiving by the at least one gateway a communications request from the telephony subscriber device, the communications request including the telephone number, and (c) performing, by the at least one gateway, a query based on the telephone number in the communications request to return the user identity, wherein the information includes one or more associations, each of the associations being from the telephone number to the internet user, the associations allowing calls originating from the telephony subscriber device to connect to the internet user.