CA2298177A1 - System and method for private switched based communication to a network site during network site communication through a communication network - Google Patents
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A system and method for transmitting communication signals between a telecommunication switch and to a network site on a network server via a communication network. The method comprises the steps of connecting the telecommunication switch to the network site via the communication network and establishing a point to point path between the telecommunication switch and the network site.
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Miller 1-7 1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVATE SWITCHED BASED
COMMUNICATION TO A NETWORK SITE DURING NETWORK SITE
COMMUNICATION THROUGH A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Back>:round Of The Invention This invention generally relates to telecommunication systems and methods, and more particularly, to systems and methods that communicate via a computer network such as the Internet.
As the number of users on large computer networks such as the Internet continues to grow, electronic commerce is becoming increasingly important to the to business world. At present, numerous businesses advertise, perform electronic transactions and offer electronic payment methods on the Internet. This number is increasing rapidly because the Internet allows these businesses to operate internationally and have direct access to a extensive group of consumers. However, electronic transactions and electronic payment methods require that secure information such as account numbers, personal identification codes, and credit card information be sent over the Internet where the information can be intercepted by unwanted entities.
Computer networks such as the Internet are unsecure networks because they consist of a multitude of computers which are not controlled in any unified wav The networking technology employed by the Internet is very smart. Every time, a new ?o computer is connected to the Internet, the Internet adopts that connection as its ~w n and begins to route Internet traffic over that connection and through that new computer Additionally, the Internet tragic follows multiple paths through multiple computers to assure proper reception at a destination site. As more computers are connected to the Internet, the network grows exponentially.
z, Unfortunately, every computer connected to the Internet can potentially intercept and read the Internet traffic that is routed through that computer. Thus, any secure Miller 1-7 information that is sent over the Internet may be potentially intercepted by a large number of computers connected to the Internet. Encryption has been used to help overcome this problem, however, encryption only makes it harder to access information and it does not prevent illegal access. Additionally there is no universal encryption standard and there are numerous legal and political hurdles which prevent encryption from being widely accepted as a secure way of doing business over a worldwide Internet.
At present, many consumers are unwilling to transmit sensitive information over the Internet because of the fear that their credit card data is moving across a hop by hop shared public network enabling others the opportunity to capture the data from within to the network or backend servers holding the vital data. Additionally, the available encryption programs are difficult to operate and the laws governing these programs make them unattractive. Thus, in order to allow electronic commerce to grow, there is a need to implement a secure connection which will allow consumers to transmit and receive sensitive information with Internet enabled businesses.
Additionally, there is a need to allow consumers to communicate with Internet enabled businesses in a two way voice method while still connect to the Internet .-~t present, Internet telephones are available which allow telephonic communication via the Internet. However, these Internet telephones have poor sound quality because their performance is limited by the performance of the Internet connection. Thus, there ns an 2u additional need to allow consumers to communicate with businesses in a two wav v nice method that will maintain connection to the Internet.
Summary Of The Invention The above problems are solved, and a number of technical advances are a~hrev ed in the art, by implementation of a ,vstem and method that allows a worldwide Internet ?s connection to be combined with ~~ne or more point to point telephonic connection:
Miller 1-7 3 In accordance with the invention, a method for transmitting communication signals from a elecommunication switch, via a communication network, to a network server having a network site for communication with a computer device coupled with the telecommunication system is described. The method comprises the steps of connecting the telecommunication switch to the network site via the communication network and establishing a point to point path between the telecommunication switch and the network site.
Brief Description Of The Drawings The foregoing advantageous features of the invention will be described in detail to and other advantage features will be made apparent upon reading the following detailed description that is given with reference to the several figures of the drawings, in which.
Fig. 1 shows a functional block diagram for the communication system of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a more detailed block diagram for the communication system shuw n in Fig. 2; and Fig. 3 shows a signal flow diagram showing the process performed by the :VSIeIII
of Fig. 1.
Detailed Description Fig. 1 shows a functional block diagram for the communication system 1 tiWl-he 2o communication system 100 is shown having a computer device 105, telephonic aw ooh 1 10, communication network I I ~, network server 120, and a network site 1'_'~ fhe computer device 105 is connected, via connection (communication link) 130, to the telephonic switch 1 10. The telephonic switch 1 l0 is connected to the communicatn~n network 1 15 via connection 13s The communication network 1 l5 is also connected via connection 140, to the network ;ite 125. The network site 125 is located un the Miller 1-7 network server 120 and is also connected to the telephonic switch 1 10 via connection 145.
The telephonic switch 1 10 is preferably any switch that connects a central office of a telephone or cellular service provider to a computer device 105. Examples of a telephonic switch which may selectively be employed are the SESS Digital Switch and SESS Digital Cellular Switch that are both manufactured by Lucent Technolovies, Inc.
The communication network 1 15 is preferably any computer network such as a local area network, non-local area network, intranet network or the worldwide Internet Transmission of communication signals between the switch l 10 and the network site I
to at server 120 is often performed via a shared publically accessible communication network 1 15 such as the Internet.
The computer device 105 is any device that allows communication with the communication network. The computer device 105 may be preferably a computer.
web television set, or any other device that allows bi-directional communication to the communication network l 15 such as the Internet. The network server 120 is preferably a computer controlled unit connected to the communication network 1 15, via connection 140, such as a web server on the Internet. The network site 125 is any computer :ite that contains information which can be accessed via the communication network Examples are web sites (also known as web pages) and file transfer protocol ( F-hf ~ ~o~:
2t> on the lnternet.
The communication link I 30 is any communication link that allows the computer device 105 to communicate with the telephonic switch 1 10. The communication Irnk 130 preferably includes conventional modem connections, transmission digital mh:~r~h~r line (~CDSL including ADSL, HDSL, ~'DSL, etc.) connections, cable modem connections, wireless modem connections, microwave and millimeter wave connem«n:
and optical connections.
Miller 1-7 5 In accordance with the present invention, the telephonic switch 1 10, upon being signaled from the computer device 105, makes a signal connection with the network site (web site) 125 via the communication network 1 I5. In response to receipt of a request from the computer device 105 to make a direct connection to the network site 125, the system bypasses the intermediate communication network 1 15, and a point to point path across signaling connection 145 is established between the telephonic switch and the network site 125 at the network server 120. The point to point connection path is preferably established in response to a user indicating a desire to make the connection such as by actuating an icon at the computer device l05 prompting such action to the to made. The point to point path across signaling connection 145 is established through one or more private switched based connections between the telephonic switch l l0 and the network site 125. The connection between the switch 110 and the network site 1 ? ~
across transmission media 135, 140 via the shared publically accessible communication network 115 is maintained upon the establishment of the private switched based connection between the switch 1 10 and the network site 125. It should be further understood that the establishment of the point to point path across private media I-4~
may include one or more private switch based connections between the telephonic switch 110 and the network site 125. The private switch based connections preferably avoid appearing on shared publically accessible communication networks such as network I 1 s 2u The point to point path between the switch 1 10 and the server 120, as wen in Fig. l, is preferably a standard telephonic communication path such as a private cirmo switched dialed calling path. Preferably the private circuit is on a public or private network. An example of this is upon the telephonic switch 1 10 being signaled v is the communication network 1 1 s or the computer device 105 to place a dialed m«dm ~,rll ro the network server 120 to transmit data between computer device 105, the telephunm switch, and the network server l'_'0 Miller 1-7 6 Referring now to Fig. 2 the communication system 100 is shown in greater detail.
Within the computer device 105 is a computer device interface circuit 150. The computer device interface circuit 150 communicates with the telephonic switch l 10 and is preferably a modem.
The telephonic switch 1 10 has a customer premises equipment (CPE) interface 155, a communication network interface 160 and a telephonic network interface 165.
The CPE interface 155 connects and communicates with the computer interface circuit 1 SO via communication link 130 The communication network interface 160 connects and communicates, via connection 135, with a communication network server 170 to located within the communication network 1 15. The telephonic network interface 165 connects and communicates, via connection 145, with the network site telephonic interface 175 located within the network site 125.
As seen in Fig. 2, the communication network 1 15 includes the communication network server 170 and a network 180. The network 180 may be preferably a local area network, non-local area network, intranet, or the Internet. As an example, if the network 180 is the Internet, the communication network server 170 is preferably an Internet service provider (ISP) The network telephonic interface l75 is located on the network site 125 separated by network server I 20. The network telephonic interface 175 is connected zu and communicates, via connection I-l5, with the telephonic network interface 16~ at the telephonic switch 110. The nework telephonic interface 175 is preferably a modem The connection 145 preferably includes telephone system which consists of numerous computer networks and switching equipment for establishing a private circuit, on either a private or public network, having a plurality of switched based connections.
z5 Fig. 3 is a signal flow diagram showing the method of transmitting communication signals performed at the communication system 100 of Fig ~ The Miller 1-7 following examples are illustrative of the operation of the communication system 100 in a electronic commerce application and two way voice or tone communication. For exemplary purposes, computer device l05 is described as a personal computer (PC), the computer interface circuit 150 is a standard computer modem, the telephonic switch l 10 is a standard telephonic switch such as the SESS digital switch from Lucent Technologies, Inc., the communication network server 170 is an ISP, the network 180 is the worldwide Internet, the network server 120 is a computer system connected to the Internet, the network site 125 is a web page, the network site telephonic interface 175 is a standard modem and the connection 145 is a standard telephonic network.
to As seen in Fig. 3, in step 185, the computer device 105 sends a signal to the telephonic switch 110 that instructs the telephonic switch 1 10 to establish a connection with the communication network server 170. In step 190, the telephonic switch sends a connection signal to the communication network server 170 to establish a connection with the network l 80 The communication network server 170, in step I ~~~.
establishes a connection with the network I 80. In step 200, the communication nem ork server 170 responds by sending a reply signal that the connection with the network I 30 is established. In step 205, the telephonic switch 110 informs the computer device 105 that a connection to the network 180 exists.
In step 210, the computer device 105 communicates with the network 180 and 2o finds the network site 125. In step ? I 5, the computer device 105 communicates w ith the network site 125. In step 220, the network site 125 sends a query signal to the cumhumr device 105 which queries whether to initiate a point to point signal connection I-i~
between the network site 125 and the computer device 105 In step 225, the cony,ut~r device 105 responds to the query ai~;nal by requesting a point to point connection woh the network site 125 by sending a re,ponse signal to the network site 125. In reap~~n.e to the response signal from the computer device 105, the network site 125, in aep ~ ~n.
sends a data signal containing telephone identification data for the network site I=~ t~~
Miller 1-7 8 the computer device 105. The computer device 105, in step 235, then sends a control signal, via such interfaces as an application programming interface (API) or by using the telephony off hook flash followed by *signalling (e.g. *90) and the destination number. , to the telephonic switch 1 l0 requesting a point to point connection with the network site 125. In step 240, the telephonic switch 1 10 establishes a point to point connection with the network site I25. Then, in step 245, the computer device 105 and network site 125 communicate point to point. The point to point connection is a private circuit or switched-based connection that is routed from one site to another site across either "private facilities" which does not appear on shared public facilities or public lu networks.
Illustrative of one form of the invention is a method for transmitting communication signals from the telephonic switch 1 10, via the communication newurk 115, to the network server 120 having the network site 125 for communication with the computer device 105 coupled with the telephonic switch 110. The steps of connecting, t5 the telephonic switch 1 10 to the network site 125 via the communication network I I s, and establishing communication across the point to point path (signaling path 14~ ) between the telephonic switch 1 10 and the network site 125 are performed The step of establishing the point to point path 145 further includes the app:
~,t creating, at the network site 125, the data signal containing the telephone identitic,itmn 2e number for the network site I 25. and establishing a telephonic call from the telephunm switch 1 10 to the network site 1''S using the data signal. The step of creating the tiara signal further includes the steps of creating a query signal at the network site I 2~.
transmitting the query signal tom the network site 125 to the computer device I n~
creating a response signal at the computer device 105, and transmitting the respun:~
COMMUNICATION TO A NETWORK SITE DURING NETWORK SITE
COMMUNICATION THROUGH A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Back>:round Of The Invention This invention generally relates to telecommunication systems and methods, and more particularly, to systems and methods that communicate via a computer network such as the Internet.
As the number of users on large computer networks such as the Internet continues to grow, electronic commerce is becoming increasingly important to the to business world. At present, numerous businesses advertise, perform electronic transactions and offer electronic payment methods on the Internet. This number is increasing rapidly because the Internet allows these businesses to operate internationally and have direct access to a extensive group of consumers. However, electronic transactions and electronic payment methods require that secure information such as account numbers, personal identification codes, and credit card information be sent over the Internet where the information can be intercepted by unwanted entities.
Computer networks such as the Internet are unsecure networks because they consist of a multitude of computers which are not controlled in any unified wav The networking technology employed by the Internet is very smart. Every time, a new ?o computer is connected to the Internet, the Internet adopts that connection as its ~w n and begins to route Internet traffic over that connection and through that new computer Additionally, the Internet tragic follows multiple paths through multiple computers to assure proper reception at a destination site. As more computers are connected to the Internet, the network grows exponentially.
z, Unfortunately, every computer connected to the Internet can potentially intercept and read the Internet traffic that is routed through that computer. Thus, any secure Miller 1-7 information that is sent over the Internet may be potentially intercepted by a large number of computers connected to the Internet. Encryption has been used to help overcome this problem, however, encryption only makes it harder to access information and it does not prevent illegal access. Additionally there is no universal encryption standard and there are numerous legal and political hurdles which prevent encryption from being widely accepted as a secure way of doing business over a worldwide Internet.
At present, many consumers are unwilling to transmit sensitive information over the Internet because of the fear that their credit card data is moving across a hop by hop shared public network enabling others the opportunity to capture the data from within to the network or backend servers holding the vital data. Additionally, the available encryption programs are difficult to operate and the laws governing these programs make them unattractive. Thus, in order to allow electronic commerce to grow, there is a need to implement a secure connection which will allow consumers to transmit and receive sensitive information with Internet enabled businesses.
Additionally, there is a need to allow consumers to communicate with Internet enabled businesses in a two way voice method while still connect to the Internet .-~t present, Internet telephones are available which allow telephonic communication via the Internet. However, these Internet telephones have poor sound quality because their performance is limited by the performance of the Internet connection. Thus, there ns an 2u additional need to allow consumers to communicate with businesses in a two wav v nice method that will maintain connection to the Internet.
Summary Of The Invention The above problems are solved, and a number of technical advances are a~hrev ed in the art, by implementation of a ,vstem and method that allows a worldwide Internet ?s connection to be combined with ~~ne or more point to point telephonic connection:
Miller 1-7 3 In accordance with the invention, a method for transmitting communication signals from a elecommunication switch, via a communication network, to a network server having a network site for communication with a computer device coupled with the telecommunication system is described. The method comprises the steps of connecting the telecommunication switch to the network site via the communication network and establishing a point to point path between the telecommunication switch and the network site.
Brief Description Of The Drawings The foregoing advantageous features of the invention will be described in detail to and other advantage features will be made apparent upon reading the following detailed description that is given with reference to the several figures of the drawings, in which.
Fig. 1 shows a functional block diagram for the communication system of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a more detailed block diagram for the communication system shuw n in Fig. 2; and Fig. 3 shows a signal flow diagram showing the process performed by the :VSIeIII
of Fig. 1.
Detailed Description Fig. 1 shows a functional block diagram for the communication system 1 tiWl-he 2o communication system 100 is shown having a computer device 105, telephonic aw ooh 1 10, communication network I I ~, network server 120, and a network site 1'_'~ fhe computer device 105 is connected, via connection (communication link) 130, to the telephonic switch 1 10. The telephonic switch 1 l0 is connected to the communicatn~n network 1 15 via connection 13s The communication network 1 l5 is also connected via connection 140, to the network ;ite 125. The network site 125 is located un the Miller 1-7 network server 120 and is also connected to the telephonic switch 1 10 via connection 145.
The telephonic switch 1 10 is preferably any switch that connects a central office of a telephone or cellular service provider to a computer device 105. Examples of a telephonic switch which may selectively be employed are the SESS Digital Switch and SESS Digital Cellular Switch that are both manufactured by Lucent Technolovies, Inc.
The communication network 1 15 is preferably any computer network such as a local area network, non-local area network, intranet network or the worldwide Internet Transmission of communication signals between the switch l 10 and the network site I
to at server 120 is often performed via a shared publically accessible communication network 1 15 such as the Internet.
The computer device 105 is any device that allows communication with the communication network. The computer device 105 may be preferably a computer.
web television set, or any other device that allows bi-directional communication to the communication network l 15 such as the Internet. The network server 120 is preferably a computer controlled unit connected to the communication network 1 15, via connection 140, such as a web server on the Internet. The network site 125 is any computer :ite that contains information which can be accessed via the communication network Examples are web sites (also known as web pages) and file transfer protocol ( F-hf ~ ~o~:
2t> on the lnternet.
The communication link I 30 is any communication link that allows the computer device 105 to communicate with the telephonic switch 1 10. The communication Irnk 130 preferably includes conventional modem connections, transmission digital mh:~r~h~r line (~CDSL including ADSL, HDSL, ~'DSL, etc.) connections, cable modem connections, wireless modem connections, microwave and millimeter wave connem«n:
and optical connections.
Miller 1-7 5 In accordance with the present invention, the telephonic switch 1 10, upon being signaled from the computer device 105, makes a signal connection with the network site (web site) 125 via the communication network 1 I5. In response to receipt of a request from the computer device 105 to make a direct connection to the network site 125, the system bypasses the intermediate communication network 1 15, and a point to point path across signaling connection 145 is established between the telephonic switch and the network site 125 at the network server 120. The point to point connection path is preferably established in response to a user indicating a desire to make the connection such as by actuating an icon at the computer device l05 prompting such action to the to made. The point to point path across signaling connection 145 is established through one or more private switched based connections between the telephonic switch l l0 and the network site 125. The connection between the switch 110 and the network site 1 ? ~
across transmission media 135, 140 via the shared publically accessible communication network 115 is maintained upon the establishment of the private switched based connection between the switch 1 10 and the network site 125. It should be further understood that the establishment of the point to point path across private media I-4~
may include one or more private switch based connections between the telephonic switch 110 and the network site 125. The private switch based connections preferably avoid appearing on shared publically accessible communication networks such as network I 1 s 2u The point to point path between the switch 1 10 and the server 120, as wen in Fig. l, is preferably a standard telephonic communication path such as a private cirmo switched dialed calling path. Preferably the private circuit is on a public or private network. An example of this is upon the telephonic switch 1 10 being signaled v is the communication network 1 1 s or the computer device 105 to place a dialed m«dm ~,rll ro the network server 120 to transmit data between computer device 105, the telephunm switch, and the network server l'_'0 Miller 1-7 6 Referring now to Fig. 2 the communication system 100 is shown in greater detail.
Within the computer device 105 is a computer device interface circuit 150. The computer device interface circuit 150 communicates with the telephonic switch l 10 and is preferably a modem.
The telephonic switch 1 10 has a customer premises equipment (CPE) interface 155, a communication network interface 160 and a telephonic network interface 165.
The CPE interface 155 connects and communicates with the computer interface circuit 1 SO via communication link 130 The communication network interface 160 connects and communicates, via connection 135, with a communication network server 170 to located within the communication network 1 15. The telephonic network interface 165 connects and communicates, via connection 145, with the network site telephonic interface 175 located within the network site 125.
As seen in Fig. 2, the communication network 1 15 includes the communication network server 170 and a network 180. The network 180 may be preferably a local area network, non-local area network, intranet, or the Internet. As an example, if the network 180 is the Internet, the communication network server 170 is preferably an Internet service provider (ISP) The network telephonic interface l75 is located on the network site 125 separated by network server I 20. The network telephonic interface 175 is connected zu and communicates, via connection I-l5, with the telephonic network interface 16~ at the telephonic switch 110. The nework telephonic interface 175 is preferably a modem The connection 145 preferably includes telephone system which consists of numerous computer networks and switching equipment for establishing a private circuit, on either a private or public network, having a plurality of switched based connections.
z5 Fig. 3 is a signal flow diagram showing the method of transmitting communication signals performed at the communication system 100 of Fig ~ The Miller 1-7 following examples are illustrative of the operation of the communication system 100 in a electronic commerce application and two way voice or tone communication. For exemplary purposes, computer device l05 is described as a personal computer (PC), the computer interface circuit 150 is a standard computer modem, the telephonic switch l 10 is a standard telephonic switch such as the SESS digital switch from Lucent Technologies, Inc., the communication network server 170 is an ISP, the network 180 is the worldwide Internet, the network server 120 is a computer system connected to the Internet, the network site 125 is a web page, the network site telephonic interface 175 is a standard modem and the connection 145 is a standard telephonic network.
to As seen in Fig. 3, in step 185, the computer device 105 sends a signal to the telephonic switch 110 that instructs the telephonic switch 1 10 to establish a connection with the communication network server 170. In step 190, the telephonic switch sends a connection signal to the communication network server 170 to establish a connection with the network l 80 The communication network server 170, in step I ~~~.
establishes a connection with the network I 80. In step 200, the communication nem ork server 170 responds by sending a reply signal that the connection with the network I 30 is established. In step 205, the telephonic switch 110 informs the computer device 105 that a connection to the network 180 exists.
In step 210, the computer device 105 communicates with the network 180 and 2o finds the network site 125. In step ? I 5, the computer device 105 communicates w ith the network site 125. In step 220, the network site 125 sends a query signal to the cumhumr device 105 which queries whether to initiate a point to point signal connection I-i~
between the network site 125 and the computer device 105 In step 225, the cony,ut~r device 105 responds to the query ai~;nal by requesting a point to point connection woh the network site 125 by sending a re,ponse signal to the network site 125. In reap~~n.e to the response signal from the computer device 105, the network site 125, in aep ~ ~n.
sends a data signal containing telephone identification data for the network site I=~ t~~
Miller 1-7 8 the computer device 105. The computer device 105, in step 235, then sends a control signal, via such interfaces as an application programming interface (API) or by using the telephony off hook flash followed by *signalling (e.g. *90) and the destination number. , to the telephonic switch 1 l0 requesting a point to point connection with the network site 125. In step 240, the telephonic switch 1 10 establishes a point to point connection with the network site I25. Then, in step 245, the computer device 105 and network site 125 communicate point to point. The point to point connection is a private circuit or switched-based connection that is routed from one site to another site across either "private facilities" which does not appear on shared public facilities or public lu networks.
Illustrative of one form of the invention is a method for transmitting communication signals from the telephonic switch 1 10, via the communication newurk 115, to the network server 120 having the network site 125 for communication with the computer device 105 coupled with the telephonic switch 110. The steps of connecting, t5 the telephonic switch 1 10 to the network site 125 via the communication network I I s, and establishing communication across the point to point path (signaling path 14~ ) between the telephonic switch 1 10 and the network site 125 are performed The step of establishing the point to point path 145 further includes the app:
~,t creating, at the network site 125, the data signal containing the telephone identitic,itmn 2e number for the network site I 25. and establishing a telephonic call from the telephunm switch 1 10 to the network site 1''S using the data signal. The step of creating the tiara signal further includes the steps of creating a query signal at the network site I 2~.
transmitting the query signal tom the network site 125 to the computer device I n~
creating a response signal at the computer device 105, and transmitting the respun:~
2, signal from the computer device l05 to the network site 125. The step of estahli.hm'_ the telephonic call further includes the steps of transmitting the data signal t~um the network site 125 to the computer dev ire I Os, transmitting a control signal, mnt'm~n~_ Miller 1-7 9 the telephone identification number of the network site 125, from the computer device 105 to the telephonic switch 1 10 and connecting the telephonic switch 1 10 to the network site 125 using the control signal.
While communicating point to point, the computer device 105 and network site s 125 may exchange secure information such as financial account data, credit card data.
personal data, or voice two way communication. In the example of two way communication, the computer device 105 possess software, similar to commonly available Internet telephone programs (some of which are embodiment in web browses produced by Netscape Communication, Inc. and Microsoft, Inc.), that allow the lu computer device 105 to simultaneously support a telephone connection with the nework site 125. The difference is that these programs only allow the computer device l Os to connect the telephone call over the Internet. The system 100 of the present invention allows the telephone connection from the computer device 105 to the network ;ite 1 '_' to be via connection 145, Fig. 2. As such, the computer device 105 and network :ite t5 125 are connected simultaneously through the Internet, via the communication nemmrk 115, and the telephone network via a point to point telephone connection 145 While the specification in this invention is described in relation to certain implementations or embodiments, many details are set forth for the purpose of illustration. Thus, the foregoing merely illustrates the principles of the invention Ivr 2o example, this invention may have other specific forms without departing from it, .Inert or essential characteristics. The described arrangements are illustrative and not re>trmm To those skilled in the art, the invention is susceptible to additional implementam~n. ~~r embodiments and certain of the detail; described in this application can be warred considerably without departing from the basic principles of the invention. It wll thn. he ?5 appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise various arrangements which, although not explicitly described or shown.herein, embody the principle: ut tl~e invention are thus within its spirit and scope.
While communicating point to point, the computer device 105 and network site s 125 may exchange secure information such as financial account data, credit card data.
personal data, or voice two way communication. In the example of two way communication, the computer device 105 possess software, similar to commonly available Internet telephone programs (some of which are embodiment in web browses produced by Netscape Communication, Inc. and Microsoft, Inc.), that allow the lu computer device 105 to simultaneously support a telephone connection with the nework site 125. The difference is that these programs only allow the computer device l Os to connect the telephone call over the Internet. The system 100 of the present invention allows the telephone connection from the computer device 105 to the network ;ite 1 '_' to be via connection 145, Fig. 2. As such, the computer device 105 and network :ite t5 125 are connected simultaneously through the Internet, via the communication nemmrk 115, and the telephone network via a point to point telephone connection 145 While the specification in this invention is described in relation to certain implementations or embodiments, many details are set forth for the purpose of illustration. Thus, the foregoing merely illustrates the principles of the invention Ivr 2o example, this invention may have other specific forms without departing from it, .Inert or essential characteristics. The described arrangements are illustrative and not re>trmm To those skilled in the art, the invention is susceptible to additional implementam~n. ~~r embodiments and certain of the detail; described in this application can be warred considerably without departing from the basic principles of the invention. It wll thn. he ?5 appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise various arrangements which, although not explicitly described or shown.herein, embody the principle: ut tl~e invention are thus within its spirit and scope.
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1. A method for transmitting communication signals from a telephonic switch, via a communication network, to a network server having a network site for communication with a computer device coupled with the telephonic switch comprising the steps of:
connecting the telephonic switch to the network site via the communication network; and establishing a point to point path between the telephonic switch and the network site.
connecting the telephonic switch to the network site via the communication network; and establishing a point to point path between the telephonic switch and the network site.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication network is a shared public communication network.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication network is a worldwide Internet.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the network site is a web site.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the network site is a file transfer protocol site.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the point to point path is a standard telephonic communication path.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the standard telephonic communication path is a private circuit switched dialed calling path.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the point to point path is established in response to the establishment of a private switched based connection between the telephonic switch and the network site.
9. The method of claim 8 including the step of maintaining the connection between the telephonic switch and the network site via the communication site upon establishment of the private switched based connection between the telephonic switch and the network site.
10. The method of claim 9 in which the communication network is a shared publically accessible communication network.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the shared publically accessible communication network is a worldwide Internet.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of establishing a point to point path includes the step of establishing a plurality of private switched based connections between the telephonic switch and the network site which avoid appearing on shared publically accessible communication networks.
13. The method of claim 1 in which the step of establishing the point to point path further includes the steps of creating, at the network site, a data signal containing, a telephone identification number for the network site, and establishing a telephonic call tom the telephonic switch to the network site using the data signal.
14. The method of claim 13 in which the step of creating the data signal further includes the steps of creating a query signal at the network site, transmitting the query signal from the network site to the computer device, creating a response signal at the computer device, and transmitting the response signal from the computer device to the network site.
15. The method of claim 13 in which the step of establishing the telephonic call further includes the steps of transmitting the data signal from the network site to the computer device;
transmitting a control signal, containing telephone identification number of the network site, from the computer device to the telephonic switch, and connecting the telephonic switch to the network site using the control signal.
transmitting a control signal, containing telephone identification number of the network site, from the computer device to the telephonic switch, and connecting the telephonic switch to the network site using the control signal.
16. The method of claim 15 including the step of sending the control signal via an application programming interface.
17. A communication system for transmitting communication signals from a telephonic switch to a network site on a network server comprising:
a communication network connected in signal communication between the telephonic switch and the network server; and a point to point path connected between the telephonic switch and the network site.
a communication network connected in signal communication between the telephonic switch and the network server; and a point to point path connected between the telephonic switch and the network site.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein the communication network is the Internet.
19. The system of claim 17 wherein the network site is a web site
20. The system of claim 17 wherein the network site is a file transfer protocol site.
21. The system of claim 17 wherein the point to point path is a standard telephonic communication path.
22. The system of claim 17 further including a network site telephonic interface which creates a query signal containing a telephone identification number for the network site and transmits the query signal to the computer device, and a computer device interface circuit which creates a response signal in response to the query signal and transmits the response signal to network site.
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