Patent ID: 8495728

Claim:
A method of integrating telephony function with security and guidance features on an Internet appliance comprising the steps of: selecting a communication access number using a selection means, said communication access number operable to access a communication link via said Internet appliance; alerting a user of said Internet appliance when an attempt is made to select said communication link via a dialing action of said Internet appliance using said communication access number; receiving an authorization for said dialing action by said user of said Internet appliance; using a security protocol for encrypting and decrypting information transmitted on said communication link in response to authorizing said dialing action for said communication link; and using a built-in key escrow function to notify a trusted server of a current dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) assigned IP address along with a key indicating authenticity of transmission so that voice over IP services between devices and a web page server lookup may be performed in a DHCP environment without side-channel communication for call or web reference look-up.