Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication system and method
- Patent Title (中): 通信系统及方法
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Application No.: US12004095Application Date: 2007-12-19
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Publication No.: US08111687B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Andres Kütt , Konstantinos Papamiltiadis
- Applicant: Andres Kütt , Konstantinos Papamiltiadis
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Skype Limited
- Current Assignee: Skype Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
- Priority: GB0625439.5 20061220
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; H04L12/56 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
A method of establishing communication between a first and second terminal, the first terminal being arranged to communicate with a first communication system and the second terminal being arranged to communicate with a second communication system. The method comprises the steps of: a user of the second terminal selecting an identity to represent the second terminal in the first communication system and registering a network address of the second terminal at a first storage means; allocating to the second terminal a calling identifier from a set of available calling identifiers and mapping the network address to the calling identifier at the first storage means and mapping the identity to the calling identifier at a second storage means; a user of the first terminal initiating communication with the second terminal using the identity; the first terminal translating the identity to the calling identifier using the second storage means and transmitting a message to the first communication system to initiate communication with the second terminal using the calling identifier; responsive to receiving the message at a network node of the first communication system, the network node translating the calling identifier to the network address using the first storage means; and establishing a connection between the first terminal and the network node over the first communication system, and between the network node and the second terminal over the second communication system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080170677A1 Communication system and method Public/Granted day:2008-07-17
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