Method of establishing a communications call
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a call over a telecommunications network between a first party and a second party, wherein said communications network comprises the Internet and a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and said first party is directly connected to said PSTN via a telephone set and further directly connected via an interactive terminal device to said Internet;
- and said first and second parties are identified within said PSTN by first and second party communications addresses, said method comprising the steps of;
said first party obtaining second party telecommunications address by using said interactive terminal device to communicate with a public directory service over said Internet, said directory service being linked to said PSTN;
communicating said first and second party telecommunications addresses to a control terminal of said PSTN; and
said control terminal establishing, on the basis of said first party telecommunications address and said second party telecommunications address and using said PSTN, a call between said first party and said second party.
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Abstract
A method system, interface and server for establishing a communications call by selecting a B party (6) using an interactive device (16) connected to a public network (10,12), sending called address data for the B party (6) and calling address data for an A party (4) to a communications platform (18) of the public network (10,12), and establishing a call between the A and B parties (4,6) over the public network (10,12) using the communications platform (18) and the called and calling address data. The called address data can be accessed from the public network, and may reside on a server of a messaging network, such as the Internet.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a call over a telecommunications network between a first party and a second party, wherein said communications network comprises the Internet and a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and said first party is directly connected to said PSTN via a telephone set and further directly connected via an interactive terminal device to said Internet;
- and said first and second parties are identified within said PSTN by first and second party communications addresses, said method comprising the steps of;
said first party obtaining second party telecommunications address by using said interactive terminal device to communicate with a public directory service over said Internet, said directory service being linked to said PSTN;
communicating said first and second party telecommunications addresses to a control terminal of said PSTN; and
said control terminal establishing, on the basis of said first party telecommunications address and said second party telecommunications address and using said PSTN, a call between said first party and said second party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- and said first and second parties are identified within said PSTN by first and second party communications addresses, said method comprising the steps of;
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9. A system for establishing a call over a telecommunications network between a first party and a second party, wherein said telecommunications network comprises the Internet and a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and said first party is directly connected to said PSTN via a telephone set and further directly connected via an interactive terminal device to said Internet, and said first and second parties are identified within said PSTN by first and second party telecommunications addresses, said system comprising:
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an interactive terminal device connecting said first party to said Internet;
a directory service linked to said Internet and to said PSTN; and
a connect module coupled to the telecommunications network for communicating said second party telecommunications address and said first party telecommunications address to said PSTN to establish a call between said first party and said second party on the basis of said first party telecommunications address and said second party telecommunications address. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of establishing a call over a public telecommunications network between a first party and a second party, wherein said telecommunications network comprises the Internet and a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and where an originating party, which can be either the first party or another party, is directly connected to said Internet via an interactive terminal device and said first and second parties are identified within said PSTN by first and second party communications addresses, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
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requesting the call and obtaining said second party communications address by using the interactive terminal device to communicate with a directory database over said Internet;
communicating said second party communications address and said first party communications address to a control terminal of said PSTN; and
said control terminal establishing, on the basis of said first party communications address and said second party communications address, a call between said first party and said second party. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for establishing a call over a public telecommunications network between a first party and a second party, wherein said telecommunications network comprises the Internet and a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and an originating party, which can be either the first party or another party, is directly connected to said Internet via an interactive terminal device and said first and second parties are identified within the PSTN by a first party communications address and a second party communications address, respectively, said system comprising:
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a public directory database connected to the Internet;
means for requesting the call and obtaining said second party communications address by communicating with the directory database over the Internet;
means for communicating the second party communications address and said first party communications address to a communication means of the PSTN; and
said communication means establishing, on the basis of said first party telecommunications address and said second party telecommunications address, said call. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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