First usb web-based VoIP phone in the world

Web-based VoIP is the integration of

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technologies into the facilities and methodologies of the

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. It enables digital communication sessions between Web users, or to users of traditional telecommunication services. Instead of using dedicated, hardware-based VoIP devices, such as

IP phone A VoIP phone or IP phone uses voice over IP technologies for placing and transmitting telephone calls over an IP network, such as the Internet. This is in contrast to a standard phone which uses the traditional public switched telephone network ...

analog telephone adapter An analog telephone adapter (ATA) is a device for connecting traditional analog telephones, fax machines, and similar customer-premises devices to a digital telephone system or a voice over IP telephony network. An ATA is often built into a sma ...

s, or integrated VoIP/Internet access routers, services are provided via a web page and the facilities of the user's computer or hand-held device for accessing and operating a locally attached head set, and microphone. This is assisted by various software components such as

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, Active X,

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or browser plugins like

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. Using

click-to-call Click-to-call, also known as click-to-talk, click-to-dial, click-to-chat and click-to-text, is a form of Web-based communication in which a person clicks an object (e.g., button, image or text) to request an immediate connection with another person ...

, for example, a web user may click on a telephone number, or some other suitable icon, embedded in a corporate web site to initiate a web-based telephone call with a customer service representative without leaving the web site or using any other addition telephony equipment.

Applications

* Retail customer service * Person-to-person VoIP calls (possibly using a lookup like

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, or integration with services like

Skype Skype () is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, deb ...

) *

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s *

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Protocols

* SIP *

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WebRTC WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a free and open-source project providing web browsers and mobile applications with real-time communication (RTC) via application programming interfaces (APIs). It allows audio and video communication to wor ...

* Other standards based such as H.323 * Proprietary such as Skype

References

WebRTC RFC
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Applications

Protocols

See also

References