Patent ID: 8098672
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An Internet telephone system for voice communication between a telephone associated with a first voice network and a telephone associated with a second voice network via a network using an Internet protocol (IP), the Internet telephone system comprising: a plurality of label switch routers configured to forward data using label switching; a first media gateway coupled to a first one of the plurality of label switch routers and to a first signaling transfer point, the first signaling transfer point being coupled to the first voice network; a second media gateway coupled to a second one of the plurality of label switch routers and to a second signaling transfer point, the second signaling transfer point being coupled to the second voice network; a path control unit configured to: a packet control unit, coupled to the path control unit, configured to: instruct the first media gateway and the second media gateway to transfer said VoIP packet via the first path or the new path.