Patent ID: 7002970
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising a private dialing plan for communication of packetized voice on a packet-based network involving at least one network gateway, wherein: a caller's on-network access to a gateway is accomplished, at least in part, using a multi-part access sequence consisting of a leading “0”, followed by the caller's conventional telephone number or other telephone number registered with the plan, followed, at least in part, by a multiple digit user personal identification number; off-network access to the plan is provided at least in part through telephone dial-up access to a gateway using a public telephone switching system; a call to on-network Internet Protocol (IP) addresses is placed by dialing or keying a sequence consisting of a leading “0”, followed by a telephone number registered with the plan corresponding to the IP address; and a call to an off-net conventional telephone is placed by dialing a “1”, followed by a telephone number corresponding to the off-net telephone, wherein at least one call originates on the Internet and terminates off-net, and wherein routing tables determine a least cost route to terminate the call.