Patent ID: 9407773
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A system implemented in hardware of a computer-based platform for bridging a first communications network with a second communications network, the system comprising: a communications management object that coordinates a transfer of information between the first communications network and the second communications network through the hardware of the computer-based platform, wherein the system is external to the first communications network and the second communications network, wherein the first communications network comprises a payload subnetwork and a signaling subnetwork, wherein the payload subnetwork is a circuit-switched network, wherein the second communications network is a packet-switched network; a payload object linked to the communications management object, wherein the payload object transfers payload information between the system and the payload subnetwork of the first communications network; a signaling object linked to the communications management object, wherein the signaling object transfers signaling information between the system and the signaling subnetwork of the first communications network in accordance with a signaling protocol associated with the signaling subnetwork; and a plurality of packet objects linked to the communications management object and a respective point of presence server of a plurality of point of presence servers deployed in the second communications network, wherein each of the plurality of packet objects transfers payload and address information between the system and the second communications network in accordance with a communications protocol associated with the second communications network, wherein the communications management object makes a routing decision to one of the plurality of point of presence servers based upon a cost or an amount of traffic.