Patent ID: 7953218

Claim:
An apparatus for sending a toll free message, said apparatus comprising: a private network; an ingress private gateway which interfaces to said private network; a private regional database containing at least one private routine datum where said private regional database interfaces with said ingress private gateway; a local telephone switch that interfaces with said ingress private gateway; a national toll free database that interfaces with said local telephone switch; an originating telephony device that interfaces with said local telephone switch; an egress private gateway which interfaces to said private network; and a recipient telephony device which interfaces to said egress private gateway; wherein a toll free telephony call initiated from said originating telephony device travels to said local telephone switch that accesses said national toll free database that instructs said local telephone switch to route said toll free telephony call to said ingress private gateway that accesses said private regional database containing said at least one private routing datum and sends said toll free telephony call over said private network and said egress private gateway to said recipient telephony device.