Patent ID: 6069890
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H04M,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of real-time interactive voice telecommunication over the Internet comprising the steps of:initiating a telephone call by inputting to a first communication terminal connected to a first telephone system having a common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) network a called directory number with a unique identifier said unique identifier indicative that the call is to be routed through the Internet;receiving the information input in said initiating step at a switch in said first telephone system associated with said first communication terminal and, responsive to the unique identifier, translating the called directory number to an Internet address for an Internet to telephone system gateway capable of serving as a gateway between the Internet and a second telephone system serving said called directory number;delivering to said second telephone system via said Internet and said gateway said called directory number;establishing through said second telephone system a connection between said gateway and a second communication terminal identified by said directory number;signaling the establishment of said connection between said gateway and said second communication terminal to said CCIS network in said first telephone system;establishing through said first telephone system a connection between said first communication terminal and a second gateway between the Internet and said first telephone system whereby a communication link is established from said first communication terminal to said second communication terminal through said first telephone system, said Internet, and said second telephone system.