Method and apparatus for establishing and facilitating a direct quality voice call to a telephone extension on behalf of a client computer

US6304637A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ITXC, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mojtaba Mirashrafi · Portland, US
• Ken Pawlak · Beaverton, US
• John D. Elliott · Lake Forest Park, US
• Michael F. Buondonno · Beaverton, US
• Kenneth L. Keeler · Hillsboro, US
• Keith A. Pirkl · Vancouver, US
• Al J. Simon · Hillsboro, US
• George L. Taylor · Tigard, US
• Mark D. Zuber · Duvall, US
• Jeffrey B. Sponaugle · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S379/90
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is comprised of a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions for implementing a set of communication services for establishing and supporting a direct quality voice call to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) extension, and an execution unit, coupled to the storage medium, for executing the plurality of programming instructions. In particular, the set of communication services include services for establishing and facilitating the voice call to the PSTN extension on behalf of the client computer, and services for causing a direct connection to be established between the client computer and the apparatus.