Patent ID: 7924816
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system, comprising: receiving, via a routing number corresponding to a particular one of a plurality of service options, a call request from a call origination station via the Internet; establishing, via the Internet and based on the particular service option, a communications link between said call origination station and a telephony server via a switch, where at least part of the communications link between the call origination station and the switch is through an Internet Protocol (IP) link; initiating a telephony link between said telephony server and a call termination station, via the switch, based on the particular service option, where the call origination station and the call termination station are different devices; and coupling, via the switch, said IP communications link to said telephony link.