Patent ID: 7092380

Claim:
A method for establishing voice communication between a first station and a second station, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a second station, a code transmitted by a first station, wherein the code uniquely identifies the first station; establishing a communication channel between the first station and a data network having a network server, the network server assigning a data network address to the first station; identifying, at the second station, the data network address of the first station based at least in part upon the code; storing the code and the data network address into a memory; retrieving, at the second station, the data network address of the first station by searching the memory for the code; determining whether the first and second stations can support a communication channel for voice communication over the data network; and establishing a communication channel between the first station and the second station for voice communication over the data network, using the data network address of said first station, if the first and second stations can support a communication channel for voice communication over the data network.