Patent ID: 8718252

Claim:
A method of executing control criteria for routing of calls from a first communication network through a second communication network, wherein the second communication network is different from the first communication network, comprising the steps of: providing a controller with access to at least the first and second communication networks, wherein at least one of the first or second communication networks is a packet network configured to support voice over IP (VOIP), the controller configured to receive signaling messages indicating a first call from the first communication network to an address of a communications device via the second communication network; retrieving control criteria from a database to which the controller has access, based on the first call, wherein the control criteria is derived from entries previously made via a web server; and processing the first call by implementing the control criteria to route a second call leg in accordance with the control criteria to the address for the communications device; facilitating a connection via the controller between the first call and the second call leg, when the call is answered, thereby, establishing an interconnection in accordance with the control criteria.