Patent ID: 6937703
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. Method for using a computer as a telephone comprising the steps of: connecting the computer to a telephone exchange via a computer network, such that the computer is capable of receiving telephone calls over a direct telephone connection between the computer and a calling party; registering, in the exchange, the computer as a telephone; allocating, by the exchange, a unique telephone number that is to be associated with the computer; setting up, via the computer network, a traffic channel between the telephone exchange and the computer, for sending and receiving speech signals; generating data packets containing telephony by applying, in the exchange, a signal structure, suitable for telephony, to speech signals intended for the computer; and sending the data packets containing telephony to the computer over said traffic channel wherein telephony comprises speech signals transmitted between a user of the computer and the calling party in real time.