Patent ID: 6385202
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of accessing a remote system via a computer connected to a packet data network, the packet data network also connected to a Packet Data Network Gateway (PDNG), the method comprising the steps of:receiving a symbol at the PDNG transmitted from the computer, the symbol representative of, but not a coded form of, a DTMF tone; generating the DTMF tone via a packet DTMF translator at the PDNG corresponding to the received symbol; transmitting the DTMF tone from the PDNG to the remote system for interacting with the DTMF tones for control of the remote system; receiving a response in DTMF tones at the PDNG from the remote system; and creating at least one voice packet at the PDNG for transmission to the computer over the packet data network.