Patent ID: 6600733
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system for establishing voice communication between an Internet and a circuit-switched network, comprising:a network interface unit coupled to the Internet; a phone interface unit coupled to the circuit-switched network; a gateway processor coupled to the network interface unit and the phone interface unit and configured, in conjunction with the network interface unit and the phone interface unit, to: receive a call request from at least one of a phone coupled to the circuit-switched network and a host coupled to the Internet, and establish two-way voice communication, via the Internet and the circuit-switched network, between the phone and the host responsive to the call request, wherein the gateway processor is further configured to: designate each of one or more code numbers as corresponding to a respective host of a plurality of hosts coupled to the Internet, the call request comprising one of the one or more code numbers, wherein the two-way communication is established between the phone and the respective host corresponding to the one of the one or more code numbers.