Patent ID: 7246154
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for directing communications to a user over a data communications network having a plurality of points of presence (PoPs), each PoP having at least one local telephone access number, the user connected to a PoP via a local telephone access number, said method comprising: determining a digital number identification service identification (DNIS ID) of the local telephone access number with which the user connected to the PoP; determining a city/town location corresponding to the local telephone access number; looking up the user's profile information in a database to determine the city/town location of the user's home; determining whether the user is a roaming user based upon recognizing that the local telephone access number is in a different city/town location than the user's home; and when the user is roaming, directing communications content to the user over the data communications network based at least in part upon: