Patent ID: 8271619
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing telephony service for an end-user, the method comprising: providing software and a telephone number to the end-user, wherein the software is loaded onto a computer that is connected to a telephone and to an Internet Protocol (IP) interface to a first service provider, wherein the software is configured to direct the computer to interwork between telephony signals for the telephone and IP packets for the IP interface and include a first Class B IP address, for a service portal to a packet-based telephony service in a second service provider, and packet telephony network addresses in network-bound ones of the IP packets, wherein the first IP address is used by the first service provider to route the network-bound IP packets over a peer-to-peer IP connection to the second service provider and the packet telephony network addresses are used by the second service provider to provide the telephony service; and configuring the second service provider to provide the packet-based telephony service to the end-user over the peer-to-peer IP connection to the first service provider.