Patent ID: 6424647
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for automatically establishing a phone call over an Internet connection, said method comprising the steps of:notifying automatically, by a dialing routine with a telephone call connection, of an intended phone call over an Internet connection by caller party communication equipment to recipient party communication equipment in response to dialing of said telephone call connection at said caller party communication equipment; undertaking automatically the Internet connection and then a connection to a directory service on the Internet by each of said caller and recipient party communication equipment; providing automatically, by said caller party communication equipment, information related to said caller party communication equipment's Internet protocol address and a unique identifier of said caller party communication equipment and unique identifier of said recipient party communication equipment; providing automatically, by said recipient party communication equipment, information related to said recipient party communication equipment's Internet protocol address and said unique identifier of said recipient party communication equipment; completing automatically said Internet connection between said caller and recipient party communication equipment for said intended phone call.