Patent ID: 7054427

Claim:
A system for marking a subscriber's call with a class of service marker and routing the call to an internet service provider according to a subscriber's class of service, the system comprising: a first service switching point connected to a subscriber telephone line; a second switching point connected to a plurality of internet service provider telephone lines; and a service control point in communication with the first and second service switching points, the service control point including a database that associates a subscriber telephone number with a class of service, wherein when a subscriber calls a public telephone access number, the service control point determines the class of service for the subscriber according to records in the database, and marks the call with a class of service marker, wherein the first service switching point processes the subscriber's call with the second service switching point, the call is directed to one of a plurality of private telephone access numbers to the internet service provider according to the class of service marker on the subscriber's call.