METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS WITH A REMOTE NODE ON A SWITCHED NETWORK BASED ON HYPERTEXT CALLING RECEIVED FROM A PACKET NETWORK
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and a methodology enabling a first provider party to provide to a second recipient party software and services to enable the recipient party to embed in an Internet e-mail of the recipient party directed to an addressee, an HTML hyperlink file which includes a telecommunication initiating trigger, sending the e-mail to the addressee via the Internet, the addressee upon receiving the e-mail actuating the hyperlink via its trigger and, responsive to the trigger actuation, connecting the addressee via the Internet to a web page located on an Internet server, wherein the web page includes a request for a telephone number of the addressee. The addressee entering its telephone number information at the server, which information is communicated to a database associated with the server, the server communicating with the database and with a telephony switch, including sending to the switch instructions which result in the switch originating and managing a public switched telephone network (PSTN) communication between the recipient party and the addressee.
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5 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. (canceled)
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3. A method for establishing a telephone call comprising:
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preparing an electronic message that includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; sending said electronic message addressed to at least one selected entity of a plurality of entities, which electronic message includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; displaying an Internet web window on a predetermined website requesting insertion of at least a telephone number in the Internet web window; connecting, responsive to activation of said push to talk trigger button, a computer of said selected entity via the Internet to said predetermined website displaying the Internet web window; receiving from said selected entity at least an entered telephone number entered into said Internet web window; communicating at least said entered telephone number to a server to send instructions to a telephone switch and signal a telephone network to establish a connection with said selected entity via said telephone network.
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4. A method for coupling two entities over a network comprising:
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preparing an electronic message that includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; sending said electronic message to a plurality of entities, which electronic message includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; displaying an Internet web window on a predetermined website requesting insertion of at least a telephone number in the Internet web window; linking, responsive to activation of said push to talk trigger button by one entity of said plurality of entities, a computer of said one entity via the Internet to said predetermined website displaying the Internet web window; receiving from said one entity at least an entered telephone number entered into said Internet web window; communicating at least said entered telephone number to a server to send instructions to a telephone switch and signal a telephone network to establish a coupling with said one entity via said telephone network.
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5. A method for coupling two entities over a network comprising:
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preparing an electronic message that includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; sending said electronic message to a plurality of entities, which electronic message includes software code for a push to talk trigger button; displaying an Internet web window on a predetermined website requesting insertion of at least a telephone number in an Internet web window; receiving from said one entity at least an entered telephone number entered into said Internet web window; communicating at least said entered telephone number to a server to send instructions to a telephone switch and signal a telephone network to establish a coupling with said one entity via said telephone network.
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