Patent ID: 6222826
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An apparatus for establishing a multimedia call between an originating caller and a destination user over an intelligent, public switched telephone network (PSTN) comprising a plurality of telecommunications switching systems and data base systems, said switching systems and data base systems being interconnected by a signaling network and a transport network, said apparatus comprising:means for generating, by an originating caller over a packet switched internet of client and server computers connected to the intelligent telecommunications network, a request for a call to be established between the originating caller and the destination user;means for displaying one or more multimedia audiovisual presentations on a client computer connected to the packet switched internet and viewed by the originating caller wherein said audiovisual presentations are provided via the packet switched internet; andmeans for playing one or more audio presentations on an audio device connected to the intelligent telecommunications network;means for synchronizing the display of the multimedia audiovisual presentations on the client computer with the playing of the audio presentation on the audio device connected to the intelligent telecommunications network; andmeans for completing the call request such that the intelligent network establishes a circuit switched connection via the public switched telephone network between the originating caller and the destination user only upon completion of the multimedia audiovisual Presentation provided via the packet switched internet.