Patent ID: 6240449
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for managing a communication session originating in either one of a telecommunications network and the Internet domain, said method comprising the steps of:detecting origination of a communication session in either one of the telecommunications network and the Internet domain;suspending processing of the communication session;accessing a data structure containing a plurality of records, each record including an information element indicative of a certain communication session disposition program;associating a record in said data structure with the communication session, the record including an entry indicative of a particular disposition program applicable to the communication session, the entry including a data element indicative of a pseudo-address in the Internet domain;if the entry applicable to the communication session is instructive to establish an Internet domain connection, translating the pseudo-address to an IP address;utilising the IP address to manage the communication session.