Patent ID: 9031219
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for routing a call to a customer-owned telephone number, the system comprising: a host switch in a voice over internet protocol (“VoIP”) network communicably coupled with a plurality of remote switches and a public switched telephone network (“PSTN”), wherein each of the plurality of remote switches is located on a remote network distinct from the VoIP network and the PSTN, and wherein the host switch is operable to receive a call from the PSTN having signaling including a location routing number (“LRN”) field and a called party number field; and a database communicably coupled to the host switch to identify a target remote switch of the plurality of remote switches that is associated with at least a portion of the LRN field, wherein the database is a LRN/telephone number (“TN”) database within the VoIP network, and wherein the LRN/TN database identifies the target remote switch that corresponds with at least a portion of the LRN field; wherein the host switch is configured to send the call to the target remote switch based on the identification by the database.