Patent ID: 8369270

Claim:
A mobile phone terminal enabling to merge telephony services over a circuit switched network and a packet switched data network, comprising: a first radio interface operative to receive communication events arriving via a circuit switched network, a second radio interface operative to receive communication events arriving via a packet switched data network, a shared memory that stores communication events, and at least one processor configured to synchronize all the events concerning a same call, before sending them to a voice application, so that all the events concerning the same call are synchronized when they are received by the voice application; wherein the at least one processor is configured to analyze communication events arriving via the circuit switched network and communication events arriving the via the packet switched data network, and to route each communication event to the voice application, either directly to the voice application, or via the shared memory, by taking into account the type of each event, and the current status of the communication for deciding to directly forward an event or to store it temporarily, until another event is received.