Patent ID: 9042377
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A web telephone service system, comprising: a client web page adapted to be displayed on a display screen of a computing device, the web page including a visual element associated with the web telephone service, the visual element having embedded software code associated therewith; a client web server in communication with the Internet and hosting the client web page and an authentication key; a web telephone application server in communication with the Internet having a database storing a client telephone number, the web telephone application server adapted to authenticate the client using the authentication key and determining a client telephone number in response to authenticating the client; a media server in communication with the web telephone application server and adapted to translate IP traffic to and from Real-Time Messaging Protocol traffic; a media gateway in communication with the media server and a client private branch exchange adapted to associate the client telephone number with a predetermined dial plan; a Session Initiation Protocol trunk adapted to translate VOIP traffic to and from POTS traffic; and whereby a user clicking on the visual element is operable to cause a voice communication line to be automatically established between the computing device and a client POTS telephone device associated with the dial plan via the web server.