Patent ID: 8204203

Claim:
A method of providing a click-to-dial feature to a subscriber who has highlighted a telephone number on a web site and invoked an icon displayed on the subscriber's computer to initiate a call between the subscriber and the line associated with the highlighted telephone number, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a message at a Service Control Point (SCP) requesting a call be set up between a line associated with the subscriber and the line associated with the highlighted telephone number; sending a message to a switch associated with a subscriber's line to activate an “off-hook immediate” trigger on the subscriber's line; receiving a query from the switch for call handling instructions upon the switch's detection of an off-hook condition on the subscriber's line; directing the switch to initiate a call from the subscriber's line to the line associated with the highlighted telephone number; wherein said message received by the SCP is sent by an Internet Protocol Call Management Server (IPCMS); and wherein said IPCMS sends a message to the subscriber's PC to instruct the subscriber to place the subscriber line in an off-hook condition after the switch is instructed to activate an “off-hook immediate” trigger on the subscriber's line.