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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:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicants:
Stephen C. O'neal, San Francisco, CA (US);
G. Alex Terry, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen C. O'Neal, San Francisco, CA (US);
G. Alex Terry, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
As apparatus and method for initiating device independent voice communication over a data network via a web interface is provided. The apparatus includes a network operations center (NOC), having a web server and a customer database. The NOC is connected to point of presence (POP) servers around the world via a data network. Telephony servers convert voice information to streaming audio format, and vice versa, for sending and receiving voice information over a data network. Device independent voice communication is established.