METHOD FOR CONVERGING TELEPHONE NUMBER AND IP ADDRESS

摘要

A method for converging E.164 telephone numbers and IPv6 data addresses follows the steps of (a) using a computerized appliance enabled to place voice calls and to send IP-addresses messages and data, accessing from a first memory location of the appliance one of an E.164 telephone number or an IPv6 address; (b) using the E.164 criteria of [Country Code - Identification Code - Subscriber Number 1 - Subscriber Number 2 - Extension - Ext2 - Ext3] for a telephone number, converting that number to an IPv6 hexadecimal notation IP address in the format [ : : < Subscriber Number 1> : < Subscriber Number 2> : []:[:[]], and converting in the reverse for an IP address to a telephone number; (c) storing the resulting telephone number or IPv6 IP address in a separate memory location of the appliance; and (d) depending on the nature of a communication session initiated by a user of the appliance retrieving the appropriate IP address or telephone number as the destination for the communication.