Patent ID: 6697357
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A call management messaging system for integrating the Internet with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), comprising:(a) call management messages for establishing, disconnecting, and otherwise managing voice and multimedia communications between devices, said messages including Internet Protocol (IP) address information of a calling or called device for enabling said call management messaging system to permit a calling device to establish an internet communication with a called device by dialing its telephone number; (b) a plurality of Integrated Devices, each of which has an Internet connection with an associated IP address and a PSTN connection with an associated telephone number, said Integrated Devices being addressable elements of said call management messaging system and being operable to communicate said call management messages; (c) a plurality of telephone central office switching systems operable with said call management messaging system; and (d) said telephone central office switching systems communicating said call management messages with said Integrated Devices.