Patent ID: 7616623
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A technique for handling subscriber calls in a communications network capable of circuit-switched and packet-based calls, using a routing plan prescribed by the subscriber independent of the manner in which the calls originate and terminate, comprising the steps of: receiving in the network a call from a calling party to a called party, launching a query to a database containing routing plans to obtain a called party routing number for the called party in accordance with a subscriber routing plan that is independent of whether call origination and termination are circuit-switched or packet-based; mapping the called party routing number to a physical port in the network when the called party routing number corresponds to a circuit-switched call destination; or to an IP address when the called party routing number corresponds to a packet-based call destination; and routing the call to the call destination in accordance with the mapping.