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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:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Mojtaba Mirashrafi, Portland, OR (US);
John D. Elliott, Portland, OR (US);
Michael F. Buondonno, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Keeler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Keith A. Pirkl, Vancouver, WA (US);
AL J. Simon, Hillsboro, OR (US);
George L. Taylor, Tigard, OR (US);
Mark D. Zuber, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mojtaba Mirashrafi, Portland, OR (US);
John D. Elliott, Portland, OR (US);
Michael F. Buondonno, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Keeler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Keith A. Pirkl, Vancouver, WA (US);
Al J. Simon, Hillsboro, OR (US);
George L. Taylor, Tigard, OR (US);
Mark D. Zuber, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
ITXC IP Holdings S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing a voice call to a PSTN extension for a networked client computer, and routing the voice call off of the network, is provided. In a first embodiment, the apparatus comprises a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions for implementing a set of communication services for facilitating establishment of the voice call to the PSTN extension, and an execution unit, coupled to the storage medium, for executing the plurality of programming instructions. The set of communication services include services for receiving a Push-To-Talk™ request from the networked client computer, requesting the voice call, and in response, determining the PSTN extension. The Push-To-Talk™ request includes identification information of an originating web server of the Push-To-Talk™ option, and the determination of the PSTN extension is made in accordance with the originating web server's identification information.