Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, SUCH AS A PSTN TELEPHONE NUMBER, TO AN INTERNET ADDRESS TO ENABLE COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000041383
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A directory service, containing unique identifiers (e.g., telephone numbers) and related Internet address(es), accessible through the Internet. An Internet-enabled communication system, such as IP-PBX or voice mail system, accepts a telephone number as a destination address. It then contacts the directory service and requests the Internet address related to that telephone number. The communication system uses the Internet address to set up a delivery path via the Internet to the destination. Thus, all time-dependent charges normally associated with message delivery by the telephone network can be avoided.
Inventors:
RANALLI DOUGLAS J (US)
SOSNOWSKI THOMAS P (US)
PEEK DAVID P (US)
SOSNOWSKI THOMAS P (US)
PEEK DAVID P (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/029171
Publication Date:
August 22, 2002
Filing Date:
December 08, 1999
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Assignee:
RANALLI DOUGLAS J (US)
SOSNOWSKI THOMAS P (US)
PEEK DAVID P (US)
SOSNOWSKI THOMAS P (US)
PEEK DAVID P (US)
International Classes:
G06F3/12; H04L12/64; H04L29/12; H04M3/00; H04L12/56; H04M3/493; H04M7/00; H04M11/00; (IPC1-7): H04M7/00; H04L29/12; H04L12/64; H04M3/493
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