Patent ID: 6798772
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A communications system for controlling the flow of a telephone call comprising:a Call Router Server in communication with a Database Server and an Access Code Server in communication with the Database Server, the Call Router Server for receiving an incoming PSTN telephone call from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and for routing the call in accordance with instructions received from the Database Server, said telephone call made by a caller over the PSTN to a subscriber, said Call Router Server having a Subscriber Rules Program containing instructions for routing incoming PSTN telephone calls to the subscriber, said Call Router Server receiving from the caller an incoming access code signal representing an access code generated by the caller and transmitted over the PSTN, the Call Router Server routing the incoming PSTN telephone call as an outgoing telephone call based in whole or in part on the access code, the Database Server in communication with the Call Router Server and the Access Code Server for storing routing data received from the Access Code Server and for receiving an access code from the Call Router Server and generating data signals for routing the incoming PSTN telephone call in accordance with routing instructions corresponding to the access code, and the Access Code Server in communication with the Database Server, coupled to a public packet-switching network such as the Internet and hosting a web page accessible by the subscriber, said Access Code Server receiving from the subscriber one or more access codes and one or more sets of routing data corresponding to each access code for directing the routing of a call and generating an Access Code Preference Signal comprising information for routing a call in accordance with a given access code.