Patent ID: 7493411

Claim:
A call control system, comprising: network means including first and second switch means, the first switch means configured to support a multi-link connection with an originating means and configured to request a connection by sending a set-up message means responsive to a request means from the originating means, where the set-up message means identifies the originating means and a terminating means; server means coupled to the second switch means by a plurality of transmission means, where the server means is also coupled to the terminating means so as to support the multi-link connection with the terminating means, the server means having multiple device means, each device means being coupled to the second switch means through a corresponding one of the transmission means; and routing means coupled to the network means, the routing means configured to store a data entry means identifying the originating means as a potential source of the multi-link connection, where the data entry means is stored in the routing means once the originating means has completed a first link with the terminating means through a selected one of the device means, where the routing means is configured to search for the data entry means identifying the originating means responsive to a subsequent request means from the originating means and if the data entry is found, direct routing of a subsequent communication link, responsive to the subsequent request means, from the originating means to the terminating means through the selected device means.