Patent ID: 6226286
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for setting up a telecommunications connection between a calling A subscriber and a B subscriber through a telecommunications network by a computer available to the A subscriber and provided with a WWW browser, said computer having access to a service node through a network in which HTTP protocol is used, said service node receiving and processing orders for telephony services and for registration of subscriber data and said A subscriber having access to at least one telecommunications terminal connected to the telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:a) transmitting, on request, a set of data in the HTML format from said service node to the A subscriber's computer, said data comprising an offer to call the B subscriber using the B subscriber's identity;b) presenting the set of data as an HTML page;c) requesting a call to said B subscriber by seeking access to said identity;d) transmitting said call request by the A subscriber's computer to said service node using said HTTP protocol, said service node receiving said call request and forwarding it within the node using an application protocol;e) setting up a first connection, in reply to said call request, between the service node and the telecommunications network, said service node requesting a call to said telecommunications terminal used by the calling A subscriber;f) setting up a second connection between said service node and the telecommunications network, said service node requesting a call to the B subscriber's teleconmunications terminal; andg) interconnecting the first and second connections established according to e) and f) when at least one of the called A and B subscribers has answered the call, for connection between said A and B subscribers.