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Method and devices for bridging data and telephone networks

  • US 6,253,249 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1998
  • Issued: 06/26/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a telephone call from a telephone network to a user proximate a computing device interconnected with a data network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a. receiving an indicator of said call at a gateway in communication with said data network and said telephone network;

    b. dispatching a notification of said call from said gateway for said computing device;

    c. bridging said call from said telephone network to said computing device using said data network, to form a bridged call that enables said user to communicate with said call using said computing device; and

    d. in response to a specified condition, forwarding said call to a telephone line interconnected with said telephone network, after step c.

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