Patent ID: 6018575
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
In a telecommunications network for routing calls to a platforn that provides multiple communications services on behalf of a subscriber, a method comprising the steps of:receiving it a local exchange carrier (LEC) switch, a call flow a caller that was initiated as a direct distance dialing (DDD) call by dialing a first DDD number;translating, at the LEC switch, the first DDD number to a second DDD number;routing the call from the LEC switch to an inter-exchange carrier(IEC) switch using the second DDD number and a special carrier identification code (CIC) generated by the LEC switch, the special CIC designating the call as one destined to a communications services platform;sending a query message from the IEC switch to a data access point (DAP) based on the special CIC and the second DDD number;receiving from the DAP at the IEC switch a translation of the second DDD number to a physical network address for the communications services platform; andusing said physical network address to redirect the call from the IEC switch to the communication services platform via an IEC network and an IEC bridging switch.