Patent ID: 7720081
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A system for bypassing egress facilities of a telecommunications carrier, the system comprising: a receiving means for receiving voice calls; a distinguishing means for determining whether received calls are data calls or voice calls based on signaling information associated with the calls; and a converting means for converting calls determined by the distinguishing means to be data calls into a format usable by an open architecture platform, wherein the distinguishing means and the converting means communicate via the open architecture platform, wherein: said convening means comprises at least one network access server for terminating said incoming data calls to modems, wherein said modems convert said incoming data calls from a first format to a second format; and said receiving means and said distinguishing means comprise a gateway hosting a first application program for handling signaling information, and a control server for controlling said gateway and said at least one network access server.