Patent ID: 6693893
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for enabling a subscriber in communications through a terminal with an IP network to launch from the terminal an application of interest on a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN), comprising the steps of:receiving in an IP network a data packet in the format of a telephone number that identifies the application of interest on the PSTN; communicating the data packet to an P gateway in communication with the PSTN; recognizing the data packet at the IP gateway and translating the data packet into a stream of signals corresponding to the telephone number identifying the application of interest on the PSTN; determining, at the gateway, whether the identified application of interest on the PSTN is a voice application and, if so, receiving from the subscriber additional data packets following receipt of the initial data Racket that takes the format of the telephone number of the PSTN application and translating each additional data packet into a voice transmitting command; and launching the stream of signals to the PSTN to dial the telephone number of the application of interest.