Patent ID: 8532274
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telephone system comprising: a public switch telephone network including an automatic number identification means for automatically generating a caller's telephone number and means for identifying a local access number dialed by a user; a softswitch coupled to said public switch telephone network, said softswitch having combining means for combining the caller's telephone number identified by said automatic number identification means with the local access number identified by said local access number means to form a unique sequence; a database coupled to said softswitch, said database fixedly storing a plurality of said unique sequence entries and a plurality of desired long distance number entries, each said unique sequence entry being correlated with one fixed said desired long distance number entry, said database including comparing means for comparing a unique sequence generated by said softswitch to said plurality of fixed unique sequence entries to obtain a matching fixed unique sequence entry fixedly stored and returning a fixed stored desired long distance number entry related to the matching said stored unique sequence entry, and said database also includes verification means for verifying that the caller has sufficient credit to place the telephone call; at least one call processor coupled to said softswitch, and an outgoing call connection coupled to said softswitch which transfers the call to a long distance carrier connected to the public switch telephone network.