VOIP gateway network
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1. A method of connecting a telephone call to a first telephone having a first telephone number, comprising:
- (a) automatically placing said telephone call to a VOIP gateway PABX having a second telephone number;
(b) forwarding said first telephone number to said VOIP gateway PABX; and
(c) forwarding said call by way of said VOIP gateway PABX over a least cost route to said first telephone having said first telephone number.
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Abstract
A method of connecting a telephone call to a first telephone having a first telephone number that begins with automatically placing the telephone call to a VOIP gateway PABX having a second telephone number. The first telephone number is forwarded to the VOIP gateway PABX and the call is forwarded by way of the VOIP gateway PABX over a least cost route to the first telephone having the first telephone number.
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1. A method of connecting a telephone call to a first telephone having a first telephone number, comprising:
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(a) automatically placing said telephone call to a VOIP gateway PABX having a second telephone number;
(b) forwarding said first telephone number to said VOIP gateway PABX; and
(c) forwarding said call by way of said VOIP gateway PABX over a least cost route to said first telephone having said first telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
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5. A method of doing business, comprising:
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(a) controlling a VOIP gateway connected to a PSTN in a first location;
(b) providing a VOIP gateway PABX at a second location; and
(c) using said VOIP gateway to forward over the Internet telephone calls from said PSTN to said VOIP gateway PABX. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A call forwarding system for a first telephone number wherein a user may specify a second telephone number to which calls should be forwarded if and only if no connection can be established on said first telephone number.
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19. A voice mail message system wherein voice mail messages are recorded in voice mailboxes at a location remote from a user telephone, wherein a user may listen to a message being recorded in his mailbox.
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20. A method of quickly expanding a PABX that includes wireless transceivers, comprising providing a wireless handset connected to said PABX by way of said wireless transceivers.
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21. A long distance service for transient tenants, comprising a set of telephony handsets connected to a VOIP PABX.
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22. A method of transferring a telephone call, comprising, linking said telephone call to a set of entries in a computer database and transferring said telephone call together with a pointer to said entries.
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23. A VOIP gateway, connected to a set of telephone lines, and wherein said VOIP gateway senses aspects of line (either of physical phone lines or logical VOIP connections) quality for each line and uses sensed line quality in deciding which line will be assigned to an incoming call.
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