Patent ID: 7126942

Claim:
A method, comprising: transmitting over a packet data network, from an application computer to a gatekeeper computer, information indicative of monitoring and control telephony functions desired by a user of said application computer, said application computer being located separately from any of at least two nodes of said packet data network; arranging for a packetized telephone communications session between said at least two nodes of said packet data network, said arrangement being accomplished through said gatekeeper computer; causing said packetized telephone communications session between said at least two nodes of said packet data network to occur; reporting information indicative of said packetized communications session occurring to said application computer from said gatekeeper computer over said packet data network; establishing classification categories for a variety of communications transmissions effected via said packet data network; establishing priority sequencing guidelines for said classification categories; receiving at least one communication transmission via said packet data network; and assigning a classification category to said communications transmission.