Patent ID: 7274686

Claim:
A method comprising: a first entity operating consumer premise equipment including an Internet server connected to the Internet and a related database, and a telephony switch connected to a public telephone network, a second entity operating a computer terminal having a connection to the Internet and a telephone terminal having a link to said public telephone network, a plurality of third entities each operating a computer terminal having a connection to the Internet and a telephone terminal having a link to said public telephone network, said first entity providing to said second entity via the Internet software and services to implement push to talk trigger button sales to said third entities, said second entity installing in said second entity computer terminal a link to said software provided by said first entity and running said software, at least one of said first and second entities installing and maintaining in an Internet web window of said second entity dialog requesting the insertion of a telephone number, said second entity using said software to implement push to talk trigger button sales to said third entities including preparing an electronic message addressed to a selected third entity including software code which includes a push to talk trigger button, said second entity sending said electronic message and said software code to said selected third entity via the Internet, said selected third entity receiving said electronic message and said software code from said second entity and activating said push to talk trigger button, responsive to said activation of said push to talk trigger button connecting said selected third entity computer terminal via the Internet to said Internet web window of said second entity, said selected third entity entering a telephone number into said second entity web window, communicating said entered telephone number to said first entity database and related server, said server sending instructions to said first entity telephone switch and said switch signaling said public telephone network, and establishing a connection between said selected third entity and said second entity via said public telephone network.