Patent ID: 6937704

Claim:
A connection controller for setting up a media path to allow a user at one terminal to receive audio information from an audio source, said connection controller comprising: a) an input for receiving signaling information indicative of a type of audio information desired by a user residing at a known terminal wherein the known terminal resides in either one of a packet-switched network domain and a circuit-switched network domain; b) a directory of audio sources; c) a processing unit responsive to the signaling information to: i) search the directory of audio sources to select an audio source suitable to provide the audio information desired by the user, said processing unit utilizing information indicative of the domain in which the known terminal resides in selecting the audio source suitable to provide the audio information desired by the user; ii) based on the searching generate control signals suitable for use in establishing a media path between the selected audio source and the known terminal; d) an output to release the control signals.