Patent ID: 7447193

Claim:
A method for enabling a subscriber in communications through a terminal with an IP network to launch from the terminal an application of interest on a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN), comprising the steps of: receiving in an IP network a data packet in the format of a telephone number that identifies the application of interest on the PSTN; communicating the data packet to an IP gateway in communication with the PSTN; recognizing the data packet at the IP gateway, determining at the gateway whether the application launched on the PSTN is a voice application and, if so, translating the data packet into a stream of signals corresponding to the telephone number identifying the application of interest on the PSTN; launching the stream of signals to the PSTN to dial the telephone number of the application of interests; receiving, from the subscriber, additional data packets; and translating each said additional data packet into a voice transmitting command.