Patent ID: 6075783
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for providing telephone access from the Internet to cellular telephones comprising:a Domain Name Server system associated with the Internet, said Domain Name Server system receiving textual domain name addresses from Internet telephone equipment attempting to make a call and being capable of responding back to the calling Internet telephone equipment with an Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the received textual domain name addresses;means associated with the Domain Name Server system for delaying sending the IP address back to the calling Internet telephone equipment; andmeans associated with the Domain Name Server system to perform a preprogrammed telecommunication routing control function beginning substantially upon lookup of the said IP address and ending just prior to a response to the calling Internet telephone equipment, wherein the preprogrammed telecommunication routing control function comprises querying a computer corresponding to the IP address via the Internet to determine if that computer is ready to receive an incoming call.