Patent ID: 8351421
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of deciding whether to complete a long distance telephone call between an originating carrier and a destination telephone, comprising: determining if completing the telephone call would fulfill contractual obligations owed to a destination carrier capable of completing the telephone call to the destination telephone; and deciding, with one or more routing controllers, whether to complete the telephone call or to decline the telephone call based on the result of the determining step, based on a payment that would be received from the originating carrier for completing the call, and based on the cost of completing the call through the at least one destination carrier, wherein the deciding step results in a decision to complete the telephone call if completing the call would fulfill a contractual obligation owed to the at least one destination carrier, and the cost of completing the call is greater than the payment that would be received from the originating carrier by less than a predetermined threshold amount.