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Method for multi-media transactions

  • US 6,141,340 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1997
  • Issued: 10/31/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for facilitating a multimedia transaction between a first and second party across a communications channel, comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a data link across the communications channel between a first computer associated with the first party and a second computer associated with the second party;

    exchanging non-voice digital data between the first and second computers;

    going off-hook on a first telephone directly connected to the first computer so that the first telephone communicates directly with the first computer;

    transmitting a signal from the first computer to the second computer to cause the second computer to signal the second party to go-off-hook on a second telephone directly connected to the second computer so that said second telephone, once off-hook, now communicates directly with said second computer;

    receiving analog voice information at the first and second computers from the first and second telephones, respectively;

    converting, at the first and second computers, the analog voice information into digital voice packets for transmission with the digital data to each of the second and first computers, respectively, andconverting, at each of the first and second computers, the digital voice packets into analog voice signals for receipt by each of the first and second telephones, respectively, while said first and second computers are exchanging non-voice digital data.

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