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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Keeler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ajit Pendse, Portland, OR (US);
John R. Kadinger, Porltand, OR (US);
Michele S. Rennert, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Keeler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ajit Pendse, Portland, OR (US);
John R. Kadinger, Porltand, OR (US);
Michele S. Rennert, Wilsonville, OR (US);
ITXC IP Holdings, S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing a voice call by way of an electronic mail (email) message is provided. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first party (i.e. offeror), generates or causes to be generated, an electronic token representing an offer to participate in a voice which is transmitted to an offeree party in association with an email message. Upon receiving the electronic token, the offeree has the option of accepting the offer by activating the electronic token. When the offeree activates the electronic token, a first voice call is established with the offeree and a second voice call is established with a destination party identified by the offeror. Once the two calls have been established, they are bridged together to place the offeree in voice communication with the destination party. In one embodiment, the destination party is the offeror.