Patent ID: 6272126
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H04M,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
In a hybrid communication system including telecommunication networks and a packet data network, said telecommunications networks linked to user terminals, the combination comprising:a first of said user terminals having associated therewith a plurality of destination terminal numbers;a first gateway including a storage related to said first user terminal and containing said plurality of destination terminal numbers and a plurality of dialing numbers which may be dialed to connect said first user terminal to said gateway via a first of said telecommunication networks, each of said plurality of destination numbers corresponding to one of said plurality of dialing numbers;said first gateway including server means to translate a voice or data signal received by said first gateway from said first user terminal into a signal for communicating with a first gateway processor of said packet data network;a second gateway including server means to translate a signal received from a second gateway processor of said packet data network to a voice or data signal for communicating with a second user terminal connected to a second of said telecommunication networks; wherebydialing of one of said numbers in said first series of numbers from said first user terminal to connect to said first gateway results in communicating through said packet data network to said second gateway the number corresponding to the dialed number which is thereby dialed to connect said second gateway to a destination terminal having such dialed destination terminal number and establish a link between said first and destination terminals through said packet data network; andfurther including a connection between said first of said user terminals and said first gateway which bypasses said server means.