Patent ID: 6683871
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of establishing a telecommunications call via the Internet to a called Internet customer whose station is not currently connected to the Internet, comprising the steps of:registering a name of said customer station without an IP address in a customer server; receiving said telecommunications call at a terminating customer server IP address on the Internet; responsive to receiving said call, obtaining location information for notifying the called customer station; responsive to receiving said location information, notifying said called customer station with a procedure that informs said called customer station that it is being called on an Internet call; said called customer station responding to said procedure by requesting an acquisition of a terminal IP address on the Internet; responsive to the request, assigning an IP address to the called customer station for this call; notifying the terminating server of the assigned IP address; and responsive to informing the terminating server, establishing a connection to the called customer station at the assigned IP address; wherein the call is established to the called customer using the assigned IP address.