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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Michael V. Socaciu, Westford, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of signaling including the steps of providing a first Internet end station, providing a second Internet end station, establishing a Plain Old Telephone network connection between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station, exchanging an Internet item between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station using the POT network connection, disconnecting the POT network connection between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station, establishing an Internet connection between the first Internet end station and an Internet network, establishing an Internet connection between the second Internet end station and the Internet network, exchanging a first dynamic Internet address of the first Internet end station with a second dynamic Internet address of the second Internet end station, establishing an end to end Internet connection between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station using dynamically assigned IP addresses over the Internet network, exchanging voice traffic between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station, terminating the voice traffic, and terminating the end to end Internet connection between the first Internet end station and the second Internet end station over the Internet network.