Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for establishing communications with a remote node on a switched network based on hypertext calling received from a packet network
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Application No.: US13154013Application Date: 2011-06-06
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Publication No.: US09203971B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Alfredo José Narain , Angel German , Michael Anthony Wilson
- Applicant: Alfredo José Narain , Angel German , Michael Anthony Wilson
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Focal IP, LLC
- Current Assignee: Focal IP, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M11/00 ; G06F15/00 ; H04M7/00 ; H04L12/58 ; H04M3/51

Abstract:
Disclosed is a system and a methodology enabling a first provider party to provide to a second recipient party software and services to enable the recipient party to embed in an Internet e-mail of the recipient party directed to an addressee, an HTML hyperlink file which includes a telecommunication initiating trigger, sending the e-mail to the addressee via the Internet, the addressee upon receiving the e-mail actuating the hyperlink via its trigger and, responsive to the trigger actuation, connecting the addressee via the Internet to a web page located on an Internet server, wherein the web page includes a request for a telephone number of the addressee. The addressee entering its telephone number information at the server, which information is communicated to a database associated with the server, the server communicating with the database and with a telephony switch, including sending to the switch instructions which result in the switch originating and managing a public switched telephone network (PSTN) communication between the recipient party and the addressee.
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