Patent ID: 7006620

Claim:
A system for routing both toll-free and caller-paid telephone calls comprising: a call service having at least two call service centers; an interexchange network for handling toll-free telephone calls directed to the call service; a local exchange network for handling caller-paid telephone calls directed to the call service; and a call routing processor in communication with the call service centers, the interexchange network, and the local exchange network, wherein the call routing processor is configured to receive status messages from the call service centers and provide individual routing instructions to a respective one of the interexchange network and the local exchange network in response to a routing query to the call routing processor from the respective one of the interexchange network and local exchange network for each call directed to the call service, and wherein the toll-free and caller-paid telephone calls to the call service originating at the interexchange network and the local exchange network are routed to an appropriate service center.