Patent ID: 7502458
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telephone system comprising: a data network; an originating gateway operable to place a telephone call onto the data network; a plurality of terminating gateways operable to receive the call and route the call to a telephone; a data acquisition element for acquiring at least one call metric from each terminating gateway in the plurality of terminating gateways, wherein the at least one call metric comprises average call duration, percentage of call completion, port utilization, monetary cost, quality of service and speed of transmission; a portfolio generator for generating a portfolio that lists a percentage of calls terminated at each terminating gateway in the plurality of terminating gateways as a function of a DNIS and a time of each call; and wherein the originating gateway cross-correlates the at least one call metric with the portfolio to generate banding data and selects a terminating gateway in the plurality of terminating gateways and routes the call to the selected terminating gateway.