Patent ID: 7002990
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communication system comprising: in a first processing system, receiving an instruction from a user through a Graphical User Interface (GUI), and in response, generating and transferring a first signaling message; in a second processing system, receiving and processing the first signaling message to select a first identifier for routing a first user communication over a packet network and generating and transferring a first control message indicating the first identifier; in an interworking unit, receiving the first control message and the first user communication, and in response, interworking the first user communication into first user packets having the first identifier and transferring the first user packets to the packet network; in the second processing system, receiving a second signaling message from the user and processing the second signaling message to select a second identifier for routing a second user communication over the packet network and generating and transferring a second control message indicating the second identifier; and in the interworking unit, receiving the second control message and the second user communication, and in response, interworking the second user communication into second user packets having the second identifier and transferring the second user packets to the packet network.