Patent ID: 7447301
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for operating a routing service for a plurality of customers, including a toll-free number of a customer, the system comprising: a platform that implements the routing service based on service data, the service data identifying a restriction associated with at least one of a service provider and one of the plurality of customers; and a server that communicates with the platform through a network, the server receiving at least a portion of the service data from the platform and an instruction from one of the plurality of customers relating to implementation of the routing service, the instruction associating the toll-free number with a terminating number to which calls to the toll-free number are to be routed, the server providing the instruction to the platform; wherein the server will not follow the instruction to associate the toll-free number with the terminating number when the terminating number is associated with the restriction associated with at least one of a service provider and one of the plurality of customers, unless the service data further includes an override indicator that overrides the restriction.