Patent ID: 6724882
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
A communications system for routing calls based on a location of a calling party, said system comprising:a processor that determines routing of a call placed by a calling party using one of a plurality of call origination devices that are operatively connected to a switching device that is operatively connected to the processor, the call being placed to a destination corresponding to a service having a service area, the switching device servicing calls placed from call origination devices located within the service area and calls placed from call origination devices located outside the service area, the processor determining whether the calling party is within the service area, and the processor instructing the switching device to route the call to the destination based upon the processor determining that the calling party is within the service area; wherein the switching device routes the call to the destination only when the processor determines that the calling party is within the service area.