By Sharla Sikes

The filing of a new patent by Mark Ismach that covers a method for mobile phone users to place VoIP calls may threaten the expansion of VoIP providers’ businesses, according to a news release.

The patent covers a technology that allows any mobile phone user, regardless of the age or model of the phone, to place calls using the VoIP network. The patented technology will allow the users to make calls without long numbers or special coding.

Ismach is currently seeking investors to fund the project in increments of $50,000. He plans to develop a Skype “plugin,” allowing all Skype users the ability to place VoIP calls using mobile phones. After the service has gained popularity, Ismach plans to sell the patent to a larger company. Skype itself, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger or Google Talk are mentioned. The news release claims the purchaser of the patent will “dominate the world of mobile communications. … Currently Skype has the most to lose if either AOL (AIM), Microsoft (MSN), Yahoo or Vonage purchase this patent.”

So, what does it mean for VoIP users and service providers? Will it allow the final purchaser of the patent to truly dominate the mobile world? It’s hard to say, but with mobile VoIP being much anticipated, chances are users will leap upon the chance to make low-cost calls from mobile phones.

Currently, there are a myriad of forms that mobile VoIP calling can take but the “purest form” requires a “3G-speed cellular data service and a cellular carrier that doesn’t prohibit it. It also requires a soft client that works on the particular handset in question,” according to Robert Poe at VoIPNews.com.

Currently, the choices are few and the costs are often high. Too high to attract the typical VoIP customer, who usually has selected the service due to lower costs than traditional land-line calling plans. If Ismach’s patent truly does open the market for any mobile phone user to make VoIP calls without paying for additional services or equipment, it truly will open the door for mobile VoIP to become a viable communications reality—for whomever ultimately purchases the patent, that is.

Ismach, the CEO of one corporation and president of several smaller companies, has past success in registering technology trademarks, including the term “BIOS.” According to a news release, Ismach has more than “30 years of business experience in the technology field and has been deeply involved in the Internet since the mid 1990s.”

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