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Apparatus and method to bridge telephone and data networks

  • US 7,814,150 B1
  • Filed: 11/03/2003
  • Issued: 10/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for initiating an online meeting over a data network between a host party with a first computer and an attendee party with a second computer, where a phone connection exists over a telephone network between a first phone of the host party and a second phone of the attendee party, the method comprising:

  • receiving a start meeting command at an input mechanism of a first adaptor coupled to both the first phone and the first computer;

    in response to the first adaptor receiving the start meeting command, causing, by the first adaptor, the first computer to send a start meeting message over the data network to a data center;

    receiving, at the first adaptor from the first computer, a meeting identification that was generated by the data center;

    storing the meeting identification in the first adaptor;

    and transmitting the meeting identification from the first adaptor over the telephone network to a second adaptor, which is coupled to both the second phone and the second computer.

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