Inventors:
Seyhan Civanlar - Middletown Township Monmouth County NJ
Don Richard Coffield - Locust NJ
James J. Mansell - Fair Haven NJ
Vikram R. Saksena - Freehold NJ
International Classification:
H04L 1266
Abstract:
In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is provided for establishing a communication session between first and second terminals in communication over a plurality of networks that employ differing transmission standards. The plurality of networks are selected from among a circuit switched network (e. g. , a telephony network), a connectionless packet switched network (e. g. , the Internet) and a connection-oriented packet switched network (e. g. , an ATM or frame relay network). The apparatus includes a call set-up translator for translating among call set-up protocols associated with the circuit switched network, the connectionless packet switched network and the connection-oriented packet switched network. An encoding format translator is provided for translating among encoding protocols associated with the circuit switched network, the connectionless packet switched network and the connection-oriented packet switched network. Also provided is an address database for storing a plurality of addresses in different formats for each registered terminal, which includes the first and second terminals.
