Patent ID: 6415027
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A server for use in routing calls within a network, comprising:a call managing unit for receiving a query from a switch, the query being an LNP query generated for every call received at the switch; the call managing unit for determining whether the LNP query should have a first type of call processing or a second type of call processing; the call managing unit determining that the LNP query should have the second type of call processing if the call is a data call and should have the first type of call processing if the call is a non-data call; the call managing unit for accordingly directing the LNP query to a first processing unit for the first type of call processing or to a second processing unit for the second type of call processing; the first processing unit for performing the first type of call processing by deriving routing instructions for all non-data calls and for returning the routing instructions to the switch for the non-data calls, the first type of call processing comprising local number portability call processing; the second processing unit for performing the second type of call processing by deriving routing directions for all data calls and for returning the routing directions to the switch for the data calls, the second type of call processing for directing the data calls to a data network.