Patent ID: 7590143

Claim:
A voice over Internet (VOIP) system, comprising: at least one infrastructure component communicating with one or more wireless devices using a wireless device over-the-air (OTA) protocol different from Internet protocol (IP), the infrastructure component including: at least one logic component facilitating communication between a target wireless device and a communication device, the target wireless device not supporting IP, the logic component being configured to: receive communication device-generated voice data in IP protocol, wherein the voice data in IP protocol is received by the infrastructure component based on an IP address allocated from the infrastructure component and temporarily assigned to the target wireless device based on the location of the target wireless device, wherein the infrastructure component functions as a virtual IP endpoint for the target wireless device; transform the voice data in IP protocol to the wireless device OTA protocol without vocoding the voice data; send the voice data in the wireless device OTA protocol to the target wireless device; transform voice data in the wireless device OTA protocol received from the target wireless device to IP protocol without devocoding the voice data; and send the voice data in IP protocol toward the communication device.