Patent ID: 7496362

Claim:
Apparatus for routing at least one cellular trigger for a roaming cellular user having a home cellular network and a roaming cellular network, at least the roaming cellular network having an infrastructure that supports passing of call control functions from the roaming cellular network to a compatible home network, said roaming cellular network having a call control processing unit for carrying control functions for calls, the apparatus comprising: an interception unit associated with said roaming network for intercepting respective cellular triggers issued in association with said infrastructure and directed at a respective call control processing unit of said home network, and a redirector, associated with said interception unit for redirecting said respective cellular triggers to a respective call control unit of said roaming network, thereby to allow said roaming network call control unit to carry out at least one call control function, wherein said call control function is to provide to said user a service from a group consisting of home short code, global direct access, intelligent call assistance, optimal routing and local prepaid.