COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PERFORMING TELEPHONE CALLS

• US 20020009071A1
• Filed: 05/06/1999
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VocalTec Communications Incorporated (B. Riley Financial, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VocalTec Communications Incorporated (B. Riley Financial, Inc.)
• Inventors: YAARY, EREZ, TOY, OFER SHEM
• Application Number:
  US09/306,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20020009071A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/003 Click to dial services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1225 Details of core network interconnection arrangements

Abstract

A communication system and a method for performing telephone calls over hybrid network using a web page. The communication system includes a computer system having an Internet browser application for browsing the internet, at least one audio input device, at least one audio output device and a communication mean for communicating with said hybrid network. The system further includes a telephony communication means operably coupled to a web page for performing telephone calls, an addressing server for resolving a telephony call parameters and for providing destination parameters and a bridging device operably coupled to the addressing bridging device for receiving said destination parameters and for deliver said parameters to the PSTN for establish said telephone call.

Claims

1. A communication system for performing telephone calls over hybrid network, which network includes a combination of at least one of a public switched telephony network (PSTN) and a local area network (LAN) with a wide area network (WAN), wherein the system comprising:

a computer system having an Internet browser application for browsing the internet, at least one audio input device, at least one audio output device and a communication device for communicating with said hybrid network;

a telephony communication means operably coupled to a web page which displayed by said Internet browser for performing telephone calls;

an addressing server links to the WAN for resolving telephony call parameters and providing at least one address of a bridging device; and

the bridging device is operably coupled to the WAN and the PSTN for receiving a destination parameters from said communication means and for delivering said parameters to the PSTN for establish a telephone call.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein said telephony call parameters are download from said web page to said telephone communication means.

3. The communication system of claim 2, wherein said addressing server is locating said bridging device address and providing said bridging device address to the telephony communication means.

4. The communication system of claim 3, wherein said telephony communication means are linking to said bridging device by said bridging device address and transfer a telephone destination parameters to said bridging device.

5. The communication system of claim 4, wherein said bridging device transfers at least one of destination number and Internet protocol (IP) address to PSTN for establishing telephone call.

6. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the telephony communication means comprises a software application which links to said web page.

7. The communication system of claim 6, wherein the telephony application means comprises:

a voice encoder for converting analog voice to digital signals;

a voice decoder for converting digital signal to voice; and

a graphical universal interface (GUI) which links to said web for activating said telephony communication means.

8. The communication system of claim 7, wherein said GUI is a button and pressing on said button is for activating or deactivating the telephony communication means.

9. The communication system of claim 8, wherein said button comprises animation for displaying a telephone call status.

10. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the web page comprises a telephone number and by pressing on said button establishing a telephone call to a destination provided by said telephone number.

11. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the web page comprises an Internet protocol (IP) address and by pressing on said button establishing a telephone call to a destination provided by said IP address.

12. A method for performing telephone calls over hybrid network, which network includes a combination of at least one of a public switched telephony network (PSTN) and a local area network (LAN) with a wide area network (WAN), wherein the method comprising the steps of:

browsing said WAN to a virtual site which includes a telephony call parameters;

downloading said telephony call parameters by a telephony communication means;

contacting an addressing bridging device links to the WAN for resolving said telephony call parameters for providing a telephone call destination parameters;

contacting to a bridging device which is operably coupled to the addressing server and links to the WAN and to the PSTN for receiving said destination parameters; and

delivering said parameters to the PSTN for establishing said telephone call.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said telephony call parameters are download from said web page by said telephone communication means.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said addressing serve is locating and providing said bridging device address to the telephony communication means.

15. The method claim 14, wherein said telephony communication means are linked to said bridging device by said bridging device address for transfering said telephone destination parameters.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the telephone destination parameters includes a destination number and IP address and said bridging device transfers at least one of the destination number and the IP address to PSTN for establishing said call.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the telephony communication means includes an Internet telephony software application which links to said web page.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the bridging device transfers telephony parameters from the WAN to the PSTN.

19. A method for establishing a telephone call from a web page, wherein the method comprising the steps of:

providing a destination parameters for establishing a telephone call;

downloading said parameters by a Internet telephony software application;

contacting to an addressing server for receiving a bridging device address;

contacting to said bridging device for providing said parameters; and

establishing a telephony call.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of establishing further comprises the step of:

contacting a public switched telephony network by said bridging device; and

providing at least one of a telephone number and an IP address for establishing said telephone call.

21. The method according to any one claim 19, wherein the Internet telephony software application comprises a voice encoder, a voice decoder and a network communication device for communicating over the wide area network

22. The method according to claim 19, wherein the bridging device is for transferring telephony parameters from a wide area network to said public switched telephony network.

23. The method according to claim 19, wherein the wide area network is the Internet.