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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Eric A. Voit, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward E. Balkovich, Potomac, MD (US);
William D. Goodman, Collegeville, PA (US);
Jayant G. Gadre, Oakton, VA (US);
Patrick E. White, Vienna, VA (US);
David E. Young, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Eric A. Voit, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward E. Balkovich, Potomac, MD (US);
William D. Goodman, Collegeville, PA (US);
Jayant G. Gadre, Oakton, VA (US);
Patrick E. White, Vienna, VA (US);
David E. Young, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The communication system includes an authorization and account control object in the packet switched network, multiple gateways between the circuit switched and packet switched networks providing controlled connectivity between those networks, and an information retrieval object in the packet switched network.