Voice internet transmission system

Apparatus for transmitting at least one data signal over the Internet comprising:

• at least one access interface configured to receive at least one called party identifier, the at least one called party identifier being selected from a group consisting of an e-mail address, an IP address and a URL;
• at least one interface to the Internet;
• a processing system, coupled to the at least one interface to the Internet and to the at least one access interface, the processing system being configured:
• to resolve, from the received at least one called-party identifier, at least one address on the Internet for at least one remote processor,
• to create packets representing the at least one data signal,
• to transmit the called-party identifier, via the interface to the Internet, to the at least one remote processor, and
• to transmit the data signal packets, via the interface to the Internet, to the remote processor using the at least one resolved address.

Apparatus for transmitting multiple data signals over the Internet comprising:

• at least one access interface configured to receive multiple called party identifiers;
• at least one interface to the Internet;
• a processing system, coupled to the at least one interface to the Internet and to the at least one access interface, the processing system being configured:
• to resolve, from the received called party identifiers, respective addresses on the Internet for respective remote processors,
• to create packets representing the each of the multiple data signals, each packet including the resolved address of its respective remote processor, each remote processor having a respectively different address on the network,
• to multiplex the packets representing the multiple data signals to form a multiplexed packet stream;
• and
• to transmit the multiplexed packet stream, via the at least one interface to the Internet, to the remote processors, wherein the multiplexed packets representing respectively different data signals are sent to the respectively different remote processors having respectively different addresses on the network.

A method for transmitting at least one data signal over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• receiving, from at least one calling device, at least one called party identifier;
• verifying that the at least one calling device is an authorized device automatically without receiving further input from the calling device,
• resolving, from the at least one called-party identifier, at least one address on the Internet for a at least one remote processor,
• creating packets representing the at least one data signal, and
• transmitting the data signal packets, via the Internet, to the at least one remote processor using the at least one resolved address.

A method for transmitting at least one data signal over the Internet comprising:

• receiving, from at least one calling device, at least one called party identifier, the at least one called party identifier being selected from a group consisting of an e-mail address, an IP address and a URL;
• resolving, from the at least one called-party identifier, at least one address on the Internet for at least one remote processor,
• creating packets representing the at least one data signal, and
• transmitting the data signal packets, via at least one interface to the Internet, to the at least one remote processor using the at least one resolved address.

A method for transmitting multiple data signals over the Internet comprising:

• receiving multiple called party identifiers, each corresponding to a respective one of the multiple data signals;
• resolving respective addresses on the Internet for respective remote processors for each of the multiple data signals, each remote processor having a respectively different address on the network;
• creating packets of each of the multiple data signals;
• and
• multiplexing the packets representing the multiple data signals to form a multiplexed packet stream;
• transmitting the multiplexed packet stream to the respective remote processors using the Internet, wherein the multiplexed packets representing respectively different data signals are sent to the respectively different remote processors having respectively different addresses on the network.