The invention includes methods for allowing a user to selectively forward incoming POTS telephone calls received at a computer on a LAN to an IP-based device on the LAN. The methods allow a user with an IP-based device on a LAN to place an IP-based telephone call from the IP-based device through the...http://www.google.com/patents/US20040165579?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040165579 - Method and system for placing and redirecting IP-based telephone calls