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`SYSTEM AND METHODFORINSTANT VOTP MESSAGING
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`[0001]
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`This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.
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`13/546,673, filed July 11, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.
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`12/398,063 filed March 4, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,243,723, issued August 14,
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`2012, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/740,030 filed on
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`December18, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,535,890, issued May 19, 2009, the entire
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`content and disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Technical Ficld of the Invention
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`[0002]
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`The present invention generally relates to Internet telephony (IP telephony).
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`Moreparticularly, the present invention is directed to a system and method for
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`enabling local and global instant VoIP messaging over an IP network, such as the
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`Internet, with PSTN support.
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`Description of the Prior Art
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`[0003]
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`Traditional telephony is based on a public switched telephone network(i.¢.,
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`“PSTN”). In the PSTN,a telephone terminalis electrically connected to a
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`conventional or legacy switch. The telephone terminal and the legacy switch
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`communicate via a proprietary protocol, which may be different depending on the
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`vendorof the legacy switch. Circuit switching provides a communication path (Le.,
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`dedicated circuit) for a telephonecall from the telephone terminal to another device
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`over the PSTN, including another telephone terminal. During the telephonecall,
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`voice communication takes place over that communication path.
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`[0004]
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`An alternative to the PSTN is Voice over Internet Protocol (i.e., “VoIP”), also
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`knownasIP telephony or Internet telephony. In the IP telephony, a VoIP terminal
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`device is connected to a packet-switched network (e.g., Internet) and voice
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`communication from the VoIP terminal device is digitized, packetized and
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`transmitted over the packet-switched network to a destination VoIP terminal device,
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`whichreconstructs the packets and audibly plays, stores or otherwise processes the
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`transmission. The VoIP terminal device may be a VoIP telephone or a general-
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`purpose personal computer (PC) enabled for IP telephony. More specifically, the PC
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`1s programmedwith the software and equipped with audio input/output devices(e.g.,
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`a combination of microphoneand speakeror a headset) to serve as a VoIP terminal
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`device. The PC so enabled and equipped will herein be referred to as a VoIP terminal
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`device or a VoIP softphone.
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`[0005]
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`FIG. 1 is an illustrative example of a prior art IP telephony system 100. The
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`IP telephony system 100 comprises a packet-switched IP network 102, such as the
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`Internet, which transmits VoIP traffic fr