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OwnerJames Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguzinventors
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A bridging computing device includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to a user interface, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) interface, a packet data network interface. To service an incoming call, the processing circuitry obtains and executes bridging instructions that establish a pathway between the PSTN and packet data network interfaces. With such pathway, a call between a PSTN telephony device and an Internet telephony device can be established and maintained via the bridging computing device. Call conferences may also be set up via the bridging computing device, e.g., between pluralities of Internet telephony devices with or without the participation of a PSTN telephony device. Calls may be initiated by a PSTN telephony device to an Internet telephony device, or by an Internet telephony device to a PSTN telephony device.
A computing device for use in bridging a first call between a first telephony device and a second telephony device and a second call from a third telephony device, the computing device comprising:
In a telephony infrastructure supporting a call between a first telephony device and a second telephony device, a computing device comprising:
A computing device comprising:
In a telephony infrastructure supporting a call between a first telephony device and a second telephony device, a method performed by a computing device having a first interface and a second interface, the first interface communicatively coupled to a public switched telephone network, the second interface communicatively coupled to an Internet network, the method comprising:
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