Patent ID: 9270816
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A telecommunications switch with, a physical data connection to a packet-switched network; an electrical connection to a public-switched telephone network via which a phone call is received, said phone call having a dialed number associated with a hand-held wireless device of a called party; a processor coupled to memory executing instructions received from said memory to determine a route from said telecommunications switch to said hand-held wireless device of said called party via said packet-switched network and where said route is found, to determine bandwidth of said packet-switched network; said processor or a different processor coupled to said memory or different memory executing instructions to send said call to said hand-held wireless device associated with said called party via one of: wherein said processor carries out instructions to forward said phone call to a non-inward WATS (wide area telephone service) telephone number before said step of sending, and determines ANI (automated number identification) information associated with said phone call and provides said ANI information to said hand-held wireless device.