СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ПЕРЕДАЧИ И МАРШРУТИЗАЦИИ РЕЧЕВЫХ ТЕЛЕФОННЫХ ВЫЗОВОВ ПО КОМПЬЮТЕРНОЙ СЕТИ С КОММУТАЦИЕЙ ПАКЕТОВ

摘要

A method and system for routing and transmitting voice conversations across a packet switched computer network and a circuit switched public telephone network is provided. Conversion between packet switched computer network protocols and circuit switched telephone network protocols is performed by one or more phone switches which are coupled to the packet switched computer network and the circuit switched telephone network. Routing voice conversations among multiple phone switches coupled to the packet switched computer network is performed by one or more routing servers coupled to the packet switched computer network, or a user's local computer.