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US 2004/0165582 A1Published application
System for interconnecting standard telephony communications equipment to internet protocol networks
AssigneeBear Creek Technologies, Inc.
InventorJoseph B. Thompson
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Abstract
A system for linking standard telephony communications with internet protocols. Standard telephony equipment, such as a telephone, can communicate using the internet without special adapters or the like. A network of Internet servers may be connected to the Internet and telephony communications system, enabling telephony communications equipment access to the Internet.
Claims8
A telephony system comprising:
- a server comprising a receiving mechanism for receiving a telephony destination code representing a telephony destination address, an assigning mechanism for assigning an Internet protocol packet destination address corresponding to said telephony destination address, and a communications mechanism for packetizing and forwarding payload data to an Internet protocol router.
A communications management system for transmitting payload data from an originating standard dial-out telephony communications equipment, said system comprising:
- an Internet server coupled to receive call initiation requests from said standard dial-out telephony communications equipment, said Internet server comprising an IP protocol interface to an Internet host and a mechanism for converting a received telephony destination code to an IP address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.