Patent ID: 6330324
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
An advanced intelligent communications system for routing telephone calls based on the location of a calling party, said system comprising:at least one split switching device operatively connected to at least one of a plurality of call origination telephones, said at least one split switching device servicing calls placed by at least one calling party using one of said plurality of call origination telephones, the at least one split switching device servicing call origination telephones located within a service area and call origination telephones located outside the service area;at least one switching device operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of call origination telephones, the at least one switching device servicing call origination telephones located within a single service area;a storage device containing location information related to the at least one calling party; anda processor operatively connected to said at least one switching device, to at least one split switching device and to the storage device, said processor determining routing of the calls placed by the at least one calling party, the processor determining whether each call is from the at least one switching device or from the at least one split switching device, when the call is determined to be from the at least one split switching device,the processor sends routing information to said at least one split switching device for routing calls to either a destination or a terminating announcement based on a location of the at least one calling party, and when the call is from the at least one switching device, the processor sends routing information to the at least one switching device for routing calls to either the destination or the terminating announcement based on a location of the at least one switching device.