Title (en)

INTERNET ACCESS BY TELEPHONE

Title (de)

INTERNET-ZUGANG VIA TELEFON

Title (fr)

ACCES INTERNET PAR TELEPHONE

Publication

EP 1046271 A1 20001025 (EN)

Application

EP 98964646 A 19981218

Priority

• SE 9802394 W 19981218
• US 366698 A 19980107

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9935811A1] An IP-number router/gateway (50, 50a, 50b, and 50c) is disclosed, which functions as a distributed hierarchical name-matching and conversion global directory service database that enables mapping (16, 12, 33, 31, and 29) between telephone numbers (22) and IP addresses (18), telephone numbers (22) and device names (14), telephone numbers (22) and personal user names (28), and device names (14) and personal user names (28). The IP-number router/gateway (50, 50a, 50b and 50c) also functions as a router or gateway between the Internet (10 and 202) and telephone networks (20, 206, 208 and 210). Consequently, telephone numbers (22, 24 and 26) can be used as virtual IP addresses for supporting data communications between the Internet (10 and 202) and the telephone networks (20, 206, 208 and 210).

IPC 1-7

H04M 7/00; H04L 12/64; H04L 12/66; H04Q 7/22

IPC 8 full level

H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/22 (2006.01); H04Q 7/24 (2006.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04M 7/128 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9935811A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9935811 A1 19990715; AU 1992399 A 19990726; EP 1046271 A1 20001025

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 9802394 W 19981218; AU 1992399 A 19981218; EP 98964646 A 19981218