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Call setup gateway for telecommunications system

  • US 6,798,771 B1
  • Filed: 06/08/1998
  • Issued: 09/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of setting up a bearer channel through a public telephone system between a first user and a second user that respectively have a first predetermined code and a second predetermined code associated therewith, the public telephone system having switch means for setting up bearer channels through the public telephone system, and a call setup gateway through which the switch means can be controlled from the public internet;

  • said method comprising the steps of;

    (a)—

    passing said first predetermined code from a terminal associated with the first user, via the internet, to a server that is independent of the public telephone system and holds said second predetermined code;

    (b)—

    automatically generating a call setup request at said server consequent upon the receipt thereat of said first predetermined code, and transmitting the call setup request, via the internet, to the call setup gateway, this call setup request including both the first and second predetermined codes; and

    (c)—

    upon receipt of the call setup request at the call setup gateway causing the call setup gateway to control the switch means, in dependence on the predetermined codes included in the received call setup request, to set up a bearer channel through the public telephone system towards the first user and the second user.

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