Patent ID: 7106726
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a telephony call, comprising: associating a telephone number provided by a first terminal with a first Internet protocol (IP) address; establishing an Internet communication link in a communication path between the first terminal and a second terminal using the associated first IP address; communicating information across the established Internet communication link; associating a telephone number provided by the second terminal with a second IP address, wherein: the Internet communication link is established using the first and second IP addresses, communicating the telephone numbers provided by the first and second terminals to an IP server, wherein: the IP server associates the respective telephone numbers with the first and second IP addresses and enables the establishment of the Internet communication link based on the first and second IP addresses; communicating the second IP address, provided by a first device interconnecting the first terminal with a first network connection of the Internet communication link, to the IP server; and communicating the first IP address, provided by a second device interconnecting the second terminal with a second network connection of the Internet communication link, to the IP server, wherein: the IP server associates the telephone number provided by the first terminal with the first IP address provided by the second device and associates the telephone number provided by the second terminal with the second IP address provided by the first device.