Patent ID: 6819663
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An Internet telephone system for implementing audio communication over the Internet between telephone sets using communication devices locally connected to the respective telephone sets and connecting with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), wherein each of the communication devices comprises:a connection unit separate from the PSTN, to form a PSTN connection by dialing a remote telephone set and a remote repeater device via the PSTN when a call is originated from the local telephone set of the communication device by a caller dialing a basic call to the remote telephone set; and a communication unit separate from the PSTN, which obtains, via the PSTN connection from a communication device of the remote telephone set, information necessary for establishing an Internet connection with the communication device of the remote telephone set, and controls the repeater device according to the obtained information to establish the Internet connection with the communication device of the remote telephone set.