Patent ID: 8363560

Claim:
A method for providing to a Push-to-talk (PTT) endpoint device access to one or more services that are available on a legacy communication network, the method comprising: providing an enhanced proxy for integrated voice over internet protocol (VoIP) applications through which all communications between the PTT endpoint device and a multi-media architecture network pass; assigning a predefined custom indicia for each of the one or more legacy communication network services, for use on said PTT endpoint device; and receiving in the enhanced proxy said predefined custom indicia from said PTT endpoint device to invoke said enhanced proxy to provide a signal for a selected one of said legacy communication network services to said multi-media architecture network; wherein said multi-media architecture network is in operative communication with said legacy communication network to request said selected one of said legacy communication network services and provide a response to the PTT endpoint device through said enhanced proxy; wherein the one or more legacy communication services includes at least one of: an operator service, whereby a user of said PTT endpoint device is able to talk to an operator; and a voicemail messaging service, whereby said user of said PTT endpoint device is able to utilize voicemail messaging functions.