Internet-aided method of setting up a telephone call

摘要

The invention relates to an internet-aided method of setting up a telephone call. According to the invention, the method consists in accessing thanks to a terminal connected to a data communication network to a server providing internet-aided set-up services. In particular, the terminal provides the server with a calling party identifier and a called party identifier. The server retrieves from a database at least one possible communication path to set up a connection between the calling and the called party and communicates it to the terminal. One communication path is selected at the terminal which generates a signal containing a dialing information depending on the selected communication path and on the called party. This signal is directed to a call control unit located in the calling party telephone or in an exchange of the telephone network which automatically sets up the call between the calling party and the called party using the selected communication path.