| 摘要 |
The invention provides an Internet telecommunication system in which telephony and related services are provided using the Internet as a transmission medium for said services, and in which said telecommunication system includes at least one telephone network; a gateway system, including a coherent set of gateways, each one of which is adapted to connect a telephone network to the Internet and to thereby facilitate telephony interworking, over the Internet, between Internet users and users of said at least one telephone network, and between said telephone network users; and a gateway locator system connected to the Internet and adapted to locating that one of said set of gateways which is best suited for a particular telephone call. The gateway system is adapted to support a number of connectivity arrangements for said telephone networks and said Internet users, for example, telephone call connections over the Internet between a user of a computer connected to the Internet and a user of said at least one telephone network and vice versa, and/or telephone call connections over the Internet between Internet computer users and between users of said telephone networks. |
