Patent ID: 6775269
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method for routing a telephone call originating at a first network that utilizes a first signaling protocol to a termination in a second network that uses a second signaling protocol comprising:receiving a service request associated with a calling party from the first network; translating the service request; determining a route for processing the service request over the second network; generating signaling specifying the determined route; and wherein determining the route for processing the request over the second network comprises: determining an address for the calling party; accessing a table associated with the address, the table comprising a plurality of pointers to a plurality of additional tables; accessing at least one of the additional tables specified by at least one of the pointers; and in response to accessing the at least one of the additional tables, determining the route for processing the request based on the at least one of the additional tables.