Remote Control Telephone Dialing System and Method
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Abstract
An apparatus for allowing a calling party to initiate a telephone call from an Internet-enabled device. The apparatus includes a server for receiving an originating telephone number and a destination telephone number in response to a command from the Internet-enabled device, for generating a call request, and for transmitting the request to a telecommunications network to request the network to establish a connection between the originating telephone number and the destination telephone number.
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40 Claims
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21. An apparatus for allowing the initiation of a telephone call from an Internet-enabled device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving an originating telephone number and a destination telephone number in response to a command from the Internet-enabled device;
means for generating a call request comprising a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request;
means for transmitting the call request from a data network to a telecommunications network via a secure Internet Protocol network to request the telecommunications network to establish a connection between the originating telephone number and the destination telephone number, the call request comprising an Internet Protocol address and an e-mail address of the Internet-enabled device; and
means for receiving call disposition information from the telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38, 39)
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27. A method of enabling the initiation of a telephone call, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to initiate the telephone call from a first device of a non-secure data network at a server of a secure data network, wherein the secure network is an Internet Protocol network;
receiving an originating telephone number;
receiving a destination telephone; and
transmitting a call request comprising a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request, the call request containing the originating telephone number and the destination telephone number over the secure Internet Protocol network to a telecommunications network to request the telecommunications network to originate the telephone call from a second device associated with the originating telephone number to a third device associated with the destination telephone number, the call request comprising an Internet Protocol address and an e-mail address of the first device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40)
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35. A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer perform acts for allowing the initiation of a telephone call from an Internet-enabled device, the acts comprising:
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receiving a request from the Internet-enabled device of a non-secure network at a server of a secure Internet Protocol network to initiate the telephone call;
receiving an originating telephone number;
receiving a destination telephone number; and
transmitting a call request comprising a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request, the call request containing the originating telephone number and the destination telephone number to a telecommunications network via the secure Internet Protocol network to request the network to establish a connection between the originating telephone number and the destination telephone number, the call request further comprising an Internet Protocol address and an e-mail address of the Internet-enabled device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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