Patent ID: 7307956
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a communications switching system comprising a plurality of interfaces, each of the interfaces interconnected with at least one of a plurality of communications paths capable of transferring data to a remote destination, each communication path being a network, the communications paths including at least one plain old telephone system (POTS) path, at least one of the communications paths having at least one predetermined parameter associated therewith, a method of determining which of the plurality of communications paths should be utilized for transferring the data, the method comprising: determining a data type of the data to be transferred; measuring at least one variable parameter for at least one of said paths; and determining which of the paths provides an optimal set of characteristics for transferring the data to the remote destination in accordance with the at least one measured variable parameter, the at least one predetermined parameter, and the data type.