US 2002/0057672 A1 · INTERNET TELEPHONE SYSTEM

Abstract

In an Internet telephone system for implementing bilateral communication over the Internet between telephone sets and communication devices, by causing the telephone sets and the communication devices to connect to a repeater device via a public network so as to establish a communication channel on the Internet via the repeater device, each of the communication devices comprises: a connection unit for dialing one of a remote telephone set and a remote repeater device via the public network when a call is originated within the communication device or by a local telephone set connected to the communication device, so as to establish a connection; and a communication unit for performing data communication over the public network and over the Internet, wherein the repeater device is controlled by the connection unit and the communication unit to establish the communication channel on the Internet so that users of the local telephone set and the remote telephone set may perform speech communication over the Internet, using the same procedure as employed when the users perform speech communication over the public network.

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Dependent claims

An Internet telephone system for implementing bilateral communication over the Internet between telephone sets and communication devices, by causing the telephone sets and the communication devices to connect to a repeater device via a public network so as to establish a communication channel on the Internet via said repeater device, wherein each of the communication devices comprises:

connection means for dialing one of a remote telephone set and a remote repeater device via the public network when a call is originated within the communication device or by a local telephone set connected to the communication device, so as to establish a connection;
and
communication means for performing data communication over the public network and over the Internet, wherein
said repeater device is controlled by said connection means and said communication means to establish the communication channel on the Internet so that users of the local telephone set and the remote telephone set may perform speech communication over the Internet, using the same procedure as employed when the users perform speech communication over the public network.

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A communication device for an Internet telephone system for implementing bilateral communication over the Internet, by connecting to a telephone set and connecting to a repeater device via a public network, said communication device comprising:

connection means for dialing one of a remote telephone set and a remote repeater device via the public network when a call is originated by a local telephone set connected to the communication device, so as to establish a connection;
and
communication means for performing data communication over the public network and over the Internet, wherein
said repeater device is controlled by said connection means and said communication means to establish a communication channel on the Internet so that users of the local telephone set and the remote telephone set may perform speech communication over the Internet, using the same procedure as employed when the users perform speech communication over the public network.

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A machine-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing bilateral communication over the Internet between telephone sets and communication devices, by causing the telephone sets and the communication devices to connect to a repeater device via a public network so as to establish a communication channel on the Internet via said repeater device, said program comprising the steps of:

causing a communication device to dial one of a remote telephone set and a remote repeater device via the public network when a call is originated by one of a local telephone set and the communication device, so as to establish a connection;
and
causing the communication device to perform data communication over the public network and over the Internet,
said repeater device being controlled by said steps to establish the communication channel on the Internet so that users of the local telephone set and the remote telephone set may perform speech communication over the Internet, using the same procedure as employed when the users perform speech communication over the public network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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