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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VOIP 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 US. patent application Ser. No.
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`13/546,673, filed July 11, 2012, which is a continuation ofU.S. application Ser. No.
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`12/398,063 filed March 4, 2009, now US. Pat. No. 8,243,723, issued August 14,
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`20l2, which is a continuation ofU.S. application Ser. No. l0/740,030 filed on
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`December 18, 2003, now US. 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 Field 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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`More particularly, 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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`Traditional telephony is based on a public switched telephone network (i.e.,
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`“PSTN”). In the PSTN, a telephone terminal is 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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`vendor of the legacy switch. Circuit switching provides a communication path (i.e.,
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`over the PSTN, including another telephone terminal. During the telephone call,
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`An alternative to the PSTN is Voice over Internet Protocol (i.e., “VoIP”), also
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`known as IP telephony or Internet telephony. In the IP telephony, a VoIP terminal
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`device is connected to a packet-switched ne