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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Colin Low, Wootton-under-Edge, GB;
Nicolas Bouthors, Les Bealires, FR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A third-party call setup gateway ( ) is provided for setting up bearer channels ( ) through a switched telecommunications system, such as a PSTN, by controlling an associated switch ( ). The call setup gateway ( ) has an interface onto a computer network, such as the Internet, that is accessible to users of the telecommunications system. In a preferred arrangement, a user A wishing to place a call to user B gets the details of B's current telephone number from a “phone page” ( ) on B's website and then sends this telephone number together with A's own telephone number, to the gateway ( ). The gateway ( ) then commands the switch ( ) to establish a call between A's telephone and B's telephone.