Patent ID: 8611360
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a call, comprising: receiving the call from a call originating device in a time division multiplexing signal, the call being received at a first voice over internet protocol media gateway within an internet protocol network; routing the call from the first voice over internet protocol media gateway over an intermediate connection to a time division multiplexing switch at which call processing is performed to determine routing information for the call; receiving the routing information at the first voice over internet protocol media gateway from the time division multiplexing switch for routing the call; bridging, by utilizing instructions stored in memory and executed by a processor of the first internet protocol media gateway, an originating connection at the first voice over internet protocol media gateway with a terminating connection at a second voice over internet protocol media gateway within the internet protocol network based on a trigger mechanism; and terminating the intermediate connection between the time division multiplexing switch and the first voice over internet protocol media gateway based on the trigger mechanism; wherein routing the call comprises routing the call from the first voice over internet protocol media gateway to the time division multiplexing switch on a first trunk, and wherein receiving the routing comprises receiving the routing information from the time division multiplexing switch over a second trunk, wherein the first and second trunks are different trunks.