Patent ID: 7369535
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a VoIP retail service provider system, in response to receiving call signaling data from an originating Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network endpoint requesting to initiate a VoIP call, selecting a call signaling and media proxy in a managed wholesale VoIP network through which to route media packets associated with the VoIP call; performing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) routing in the managed wholesale VoIP network, wherein the routing includes forcing the media packets associated with the VoIP call through one or more managed network elements of a specific Internet Protocol (IP) address with the selected call signaling and media proxy; and advertising, by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the ISP's network, IP addresses of a group of call signaling and media proxies in the managed wholesale VoIP network, to form a connection between the ISP and the managed wholesale VoIP network that can be used by the ISP for VoIP traffic only.