Patent ID: 7643435

Claim:
A network-based voice communication system, comprising: a) a computer network; and b) a pulsed switched telephone network (PSTN); wherein a user inputs his system configuration data and his user profile information over the computer network via a web page provided by a voice communication solution (VCS) provider; and wherein the VCS provider downloads to the user's computer a specific call agent program for calling a PSTN telephone number directly from the user's computer without involving a public Internet telephone gateway and wherein the specific call agent program is compatible to the user's system configuration and user profile, and wherein the call agent program communicates with a VCS server provided by the VCS provider, and wherein the VCS server terminates a telephone call from the user to the PSTN telephone number without performing a search for a public gateway IP address associated with the PSTN telephone number; and wherein the specific call agent program is deleted after a specified number of uses.