Patent ID: 6337858
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of providing voice communications between two parties using computer controlled telephony hardware which is outside the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), one of the parties having access to a data network, comprising:accepting a voice communication request initiated by the party having selected a voice button to initiate the voice communication request; originating a first voice connection from the computer controlled telephony hardware outside the PSTN under control of a computer telephony server in response to the voice communication request made by the party having access to the data network, the voice communication request received from the data network including information to permit first and second voice connections to be established; originating a second voice connection from the computer controlled telephony hardware outside the PSTN under the control of the computer telephony server in response to the voice communication request received from the data network using the information respecting the second voice connection; and bridging together the first and second voice connections using the computer controlled telephony hardware outside the PSTN under the control of the computer telephony server to permit voice communications between the two parties.