Patent ID: 7693133

Claim:
A method for connecting a plurality of called party terminals in a bridged call session with a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calling party terminal comprising: the VOIP terminal providing the calling party with means for selecting the called party terminals to be bridged; the VOIP terminal receiving the called party terminal selections from the calling party; the VOIP terminal combining called party terminal identifiers identifying the selected called party terminals into VOIP packets, wherein each of the VOIP Packets includes a VOIP header, the called party terminal identifiers and a VOIP call information payload; the VOIP terminal sending the VOIP packets to a calling party Service Control Point (SCP) having an Internet Protocol (IP) Gateway and a Switching Center; and the calling party SCP creating a bridged call session connecting the called party terminals over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the calling party VOIP terminal.