Patent ID: 8098599

Claim:
A multiple party telephone call system in communication with a first Internet Protocol (“IP”) data network, comprising: a multi-party module in communication with a call interface associated with the first IP data network, and facilitating communications for a plurality of terminal modules that are accessible only via a single multi-party phone line that is separate from the first IP data network, each terminal module associated with a telephonic end-user device; and the multi-party module comprising a processor and associated memory, the processor and memory configured to: receive an incoming voice telephone call from the call interface, the call interface receiving the incoming voice telephone call over the first IP data network; and allow for the plurality of terminal modules within the single multi-party phone line to participate in the voice telephone call simultaneously wherein the multi-party module communicates with one or more additional terminal modules of the plurality of terminal modules over at least one additional IP data network and with at least another terminal module of the plurality of terminal modules over a second IP data network disparate from the first IP data network and the at least one additional IP data network.