Voice over network (VoN)/voice over internet protocol (VoIP) architect having hotline and optional tie line

US8477758B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Henry Kafka · Bolingbrook, US
• Maria Adamczyk · Alpharetta, US
• Frederick Iffland · Dunwoody, US
• Anita Hogans Simpson · Decatur, US
• Stephen R. LaPierre · Union City, US
• Karen M. McCourt · Alpharetta, US
• John Ruckart · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q3/0045
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Voice service over a next generation network is provided using Advanced Intelligent Network solutions. According to an exemplary embodiment, a Voice over Network system includes a communications device having a directory communication address in communication with a telecommunications network, means for decoding the directory communications address to identify a voice over internet protocol service feature of the communications address, and means for establishing an internet protocol telephony communications connection of the communications device with a called party's communications address via a VoN hotline. According to further exemplary embodiments, the hotline may include a media gateway, an application server, a feature server, and means for communicating among the media gateway, the application server, and the feature server.