Patent ID: 6205214
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A local routing system for selectively routing traffic in a telecommunications network according to a local service provider's preferences on a line by line basis, the preferences indicating whether a call is routed through the local service provider's network, the local service provider providing service for telephone lines unbundled or leased from a local exchange carrier, the network supporting an originator subscribing to the local service provider, the originator initiating an AIN trigger when originating the call to a destination by dialing a number, the system comprising:a classifier which analyzes the dialed number and categorizes the call into one of a plurality of predetermined classes of traffic;a table that indicates a line level routing preference for the originator;a determiner which determines whether the local service provider has a local service provider level routing preference for the class of traffic into which the classifier has placed the call, if the line level routing preference coincides with the class of traffic into which the classifier has placed the call; anda router which routes the traffic to the destination according to the local service provider level routing preference if the determiner determined the local service provider level routing preference for the class of traffic into which the classifier placed the call.