Patent ID: 9648165
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for routing communications between a first station and a second station through a voice channel based communication network, wherein the first station includes a cellular service provider number and a second line service (SLS) number provided to a subscriber for use with the first station, and the second station includes a cellular service provider number, the method comprising the actions of: receiving a communication at a network switch, the communication being sent by an SLS subscriber from the first station and comprising a network recognizable dialed number; examining the dialed number in the communication at the network switch; determining that the communication is to be processed by an SLS platform based on the dialed number; transmitting from the network switch, based on the dialed number, a query message directly to the SLS platform that is communicatively coupled to the network switch; receiving at the network switch a reply to the query message directly from the SLS platform, the reply including an SLS number to be identified as an originating number for the communication and a service provider number associated with the second station as a destination for the communication; and routing the communication through the network switch, based at least in part on the reply to the query message, wherein routing the communication comprises connecting through the network switch and a network switch of the second station, a voice channel circuit to the service provider number associated with the second station and populating a Caller Identification (CLID) with the SLS number.