Patent ID: 6192044
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method comprising:presenting a look-up service;presenting a universal locator service;presenting a caller adapted to be coupled to and adapted to be connected with a network and adapted to be connected with the universal locator service and the look-up service;presenting a callee network access provider having a callee connection service, the callee network access provider adapted to be coupled to and adapted to be connected with the network, wherein the callee connection service is adapted to initiate log-in procedures with the callee to connect to the callee to the callee network access provider;presenting the callee adapted to be coupled to the callee network access provider;determining that the callee is not connected to the network by verifying that the universal locator service does not include a destination network address of a callee; andemploying the look-up service and the callee connection service to establish a network phone call connection between the caller and callee, wherein employing the look-up service and the callee connection service to establish a network phone call connection between the caller and callee includes transmitting from the look-up service to the caller (i) a telephone number of the callee and (ii) an identity of the callee network access provider.