Method and apparatus for making a phone call connection over the internet connection
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a phone call over an Internet connection, said method comprising the steps of:
- making an Internet connection by caller party communication equipment intending to establish a phone call connection over said Internet connection with recipient party communication equipment;
providing by said caller party communication equipment said caller party communication equipment'"'"'s Internet Protocol address and telephone number and said recipient party communication equipment'"'"'s telephone number to a directory server and knocking server on said Internet connection;
initiating, at said knocking server, a dialing routine to said recipient party communication equipment to notify said recipient party communication equipment of an intended phone call connection over said Internet connection;
making an Internet connection by said recipient party communication equipment in response to said recipient party communication equipment detecting said dialing routine by said knocking server;
providing automatically to said directory server, by said recipient party communication equipment, said recipient party communication equipment'"'"'s Internet protocol address and telephone number; and
completing automatically said Internet connection between said caller and recipient party communication equipment for said intended phone call.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method or Internet phone for automatically dialing up a phone call connection across an Internet connection. Initially the caller manually dials a recipient'"'"'s telephone number, and once the telephone call connection is made, the caller party'"'"'s Internet phone automatically starts a dialing routine which notifies the recipient party'"'"'s Internet phone that a phone call connection over an Internet connection is desired. The dialing may be a differential ringing sequence or a single ringing interval. Upon the dialing routine being detected by the recipient party'"'"'s Internet phone, the parties end the telephone connection and proceed to make separate connections to the Internet, including a connection to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). The caller party and recipient party Internet phones submit their respective Internet protocol address and telephone numbers. The caller party additionally submits the recipient Internet phone'"'"'s telephone number. Then the Internet connection for the intended phone call is automatically completed. Alternatively, the differential dialing routine can be performed by a knocking server on the Internet, and a directory server on the Internet can match callers and recipients by their respective telephone numbers. Additionally, the knocking server permits caller equipment to be without dialing capabilities as these are now at the knocking server.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a phone call over an Internet connection, said method comprising the steps of:
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making an Internet connection by caller party communication equipment intending to establish a phone call connection over said Internet connection with recipient party communication equipment;
providing by said caller party communication equipment said caller party communication equipment'"'"'s Internet Protocol address and telephone number and said recipient party communication equipment'"'"'s telephone number to a directory server and knocking server on said Internet connection;
initiating, at said knocking server, a dialing routine to said recipient party communication equipment to notify said recipient party communication equipment of an intended phone call connection over said Internet connection;
making an Internet connection by said recipient party communication equipment in response to said recipient party communication equipment detecting said dialing routine by said knocking server;
providing automatically to said directory server, by said recipient party communication equipment, said recipient party communication equipment'"'"'s Internet protocol address and telephone number; and
completing automatically said Internet connection between said caller and recipient party communication equipment for said intended phone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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