Patent ID: 7941841

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for making a voice call over an Internet comprising: when a secure-sockets layer (SSL) session can be established between a client and a server, using the SSL session for transport of the audio data by: initiating the SSL session by sending a client hello SSL message to the server, the client hello SSL message comprising a cipher and challenge bytes and SSL headers; receiving a server hello SSL message from the server, the server hello message comprising SSL headers and a certificate; sending a client finished SSL message to the server, the client finished SSL message comprising key exchange bytes, a finished message, and SSL headers; receiving a server finished SSL message from the server, the server finished SSL message comprising a finished message and SSL headers; sending the audio data to the server in a SSL data message, the audio data being located in the SSL data message in a location for encrypted data; and receiving the remote audio data from the server in a return SSL data message, the remote audio data being located in the return SSL data message in a location for encrypted data, whereby audio data replaces encrypted data in SSL messages once the SSL session is established.