SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TERMINATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN REGISTERED MEMBERS OF A COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a communications channel between a first user and a second user, comprising:
- obtaining contact information from a third party communication system with one or more processors;
creating, via the obtained contact information, a contact cross-reference database for use by a first communications system;
receiving, from a first user, a request to establish a communications link between the first user and a second user;
determining a non-publically switched telephony network (PSTN) convention identifier of a telephony device associated with the second user using information in the contact cross-reference database; and
establishing a communications channel between the first user and the second user via the first communications system using the determined identifier.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for establishing a communications channel between a first user and a second user through a first communications system make use of contact information obtained from a second communications system. The contact information obtained from the second communications system is stored in a cross-reference database maintained on the first communications system. The information could be obtained by having the first communications system access the second communications system using the credentials of a user of the second communications system to obtain contact information stored on the second communications system for the user. The information in the cross-reference database allows the first communications system to determine a non-publically switched telephony network (PSTN) identifier of a telephony device associated with the second user. This identifier is then used to establish a communications channel between the first user and the second user.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a communications channel between a first user and a second user, comprising:
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obtaining contact information from a third party communication system with one or more processors; creating, via the obtained contact information, a contact cross-reference database for use by a first communications system; receiving, from a first user, a request to establish a communications link between the first user and a second user; determining a non-publically switched telephony network (PSTN) convention identifier of a telephony device associated with the second user using information in the contact cross-reference database; and establishing a communications channel between the first user and the second user via the first communications system using the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory storage medium storing computer software which, when installed on a mobile computing device, causes the mobile computing device to perform a method comprising:
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causing a first communications system to obtain contact information stored on a third party communications system and to store the obtained contact information in a contact cross-reference database; receiving, from a first user, a request to establish a communications link between the first user and a second user; determining a non-publically switched telephony network (PSTN) convention identifier of a telephony device associated with the second user using information in the cross-reference database; and causing a communications channel to be established between the first user and the second user using the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for establishing a communications channel between a first user and a second user, comprising:
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means for obtaining contact information from a third party communication system with a processor of a first communications system; means for storing the obtained contact information in a contact cross-reference database maintained by the first communications system; means for receiving, from a first user, a request to establish a communications link between the first user and a second user; means for determining a non-publically switched telephony network (PSTN) convention identifier of a telephony device associated with the second user using information in the contact cross-reference database; and means for establishing a communications channel between the first user and the second user via the first communications system using the determined identifier.
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