Patent ID: 7948968
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request from a calling party to place a call to a called party, the calling party having a calling party number in E.164 format and associated with a packet-switched network, and the called party having a called party number in E.164 format and associated with a circuit-switched network; receiving calling party authorization information; authorizing the call when the calling party authorization information is determined to be valid; determining a gateway associated with the called party number, based on the called party number, establishing a call between the calling party and called party via the gateway and at least partially via the packet-switched network; tracking call data associated with the call, the call data including the time and length of the call; storing the call data in substantially real-time in a database connected to the packet switched network; receiving a request from the calling party to retrieve the call data; retrieving the call data from the database; providing the call data to the calling party.