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A method and apparatus establishes through the public switch telephone network, a multimedia communications session between first and second telecommunications infrastructure. Each infrastructure is located on a separate private data network and comprises logic to automatically establish an integrat

A method and apparatus establishes through the public switch telephone network, a multimedia communications session between first and second telecommunications infrastructure. Each infrastructure is located on a separate private data network and comprises logic to automatically establish an integrated voice and data session initiated by a single telephone call from one infrastructure to the other.

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1. A method of establishing, through a PSTN, a multimedia communications session between first and second telecommunications infrastructures, each of said infrastructures located on separate private data networks comprising a means to automatically establish an integrated voice and data session init

1. A method of establishing, through a PSTN, a multimedia communications session between first and second telecommunications infrastructures, each of said infrastructures located on separate private data networks comprising a means to automatically establish an integrated voice and data session initiated by a single telephone call using the PSTN, the method comprising the steps of:(a) initiating the telephone call from said first telecommunications infrastructure to said second telecommunications infrastructure; and (b) in response to initiating the telephone call: i. retrieving a first computer address of said first telecommunications infrastucture; ii. building a first message containing said first computer address of said first telecommunications infrastructure; iii. sending said first message from said first telecommunications infrastructure to said second telecommunications infrastructure via the PSTN; iv. retrieving a second computer address of said second telecommunications infrastructure; v. building a second message containing said second computer address of said second telecommunications infrastructure; vi. sending said second message from said second telecommunications infrastructure to said first telecommunications infrastructure via the PSTN; and vii. establishing said multimedia communications session between said first and second telecommunications infrastructures.