Patent ID: 8619681
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions comprising: call anchor logic programmed to determine if a call leg of an outbound call being initiated from a mobile unit authorized to operate in an associated private network should be anchored at an anchor point based on evaluating anchoring criteria to input data, the call anchor logic providing an anchor control signal to cause the outbound call leg to be one of (i) anchored at the anchor point if the evaluation of the anchoring criteria to the input data indicates that anchoring of the outbound call is required or (ii) connected to a called party without anchoring at the anchor point if the evaluation of the anchoring criteria to the input data indicates that anchoring of the call is at least one of not required, overridden or prohibited, the anchor point corresponding to a node in the associated private network where the outbound call leg and another call leg are connected together that is outside of a service provider network for the mobile unit.