Enabling quality voice communications from web page call control
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1. A method for enabling voice communication between parties, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request to activate a voice communication connection between a first party having a first customer premise equipment and a second party having a second customer premise equipment, wherein the request to activate is in response to the first party selecting an object, and wherein the object is based on information from an internet browsed by the first party; and
activating the voice communication connection in response to the request to activate, wherein the voice communication between the first and second parties is carried over a managed VoIP connection, wherein the managed VoIP connection provides Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) voice quality, wherein the managed VoIP connection is separate and distinct from the internet browsed by the first party, wherein activating includes requesting establishment of the voice communication connection, and wherein the managed VoIP connection is automatically activated in response to the selecting of the object.
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Abstract
A system and method of bypassing the regulated portion of the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) to establish carrier-grade voice transmissions and/or IP data communications between an Internet Calling Person having a first telephone and a first PC coupled to a first Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an Internet Called Party having a second telephone and a second PC coupled to a second different Local Service Access Provider (LSAP).
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28 Claims
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1. A method for enabling voice communication between parties, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, a request to activate a voice communication connection between a first party having a first customer premise equipment and a second party having a second customer premise equipment, wherein the request to activate is in response to the first party selecting an object, and wherein the object is based on information from an internet browsed by the first party; and activating the voice communication connection in response to the request to activate, wherein the voice communication between the first and second parties is carried over a managed VoIP connection, wherein the managed VoIP connection provides Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) voice quality, wherein the managed VoIP connection is separate and distinct from the internet browsed by the first party, wherein activating includes requesting establishment of the voice communication connection, and wherein the managed VoIP connection is automatically activated in response to the selecting of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for enabling voice communication between a first party and a second party, the voice communication being carried over a managed VoIP connection that provides Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) voice quality, in response to the first party selecting an object that is based on information from an internet browsed by the first party, wherein the managed VoIP connection is separate and distinct from the internet browsed by the first party, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a server on the internet, a request to activate a voice communication connection between the first party and the second party, wherein the request to activate was sent in response to the selecting of the object; and activating the voice communication connection in response to the request to activate, wherein activating includes requesting establishment of the voice communication connection, and wherein the voice communication connection includes the managed VoIP connection that provides Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) voice quality and is separate and distinct from the internet. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method for enabling voice communication between a first party and a second party in response to the first party selecting an object that is based on information from an internet, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a server on the internet, an internet-object-selection initiated request to activate a voice communication connection between the first party and the second party; and activating the voice communication connection in response to the request to activate, wherein activating includes requesting establishment of the voice communication connection, and wherein the voice communication connection includes a managed VoIP connection that provides Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) voice quality and is separate and distinct from the interne from which the internet-object-selection initiated request to activate was received.
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