Patent ID: 8036214

Claim:
A system for provisioning telecommunications calls over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a softswitch operable to receive a signaling message from a facility associated with an entity, the signaling message comprising a trunk ID assigned to the first facility and associated with at least one telecommunications call initiated by a subscriber of the entity; a configuration server communicably coupled to the softswitch via the packet-switched network and operable to: receive a query by the softswitch including the trunk ID; reference a configuration database using the trunk ID; and extract from the configuration database call processing logic based on the trunk ID, wherein the call processing logic comprises a class of service (COS) restriction for servicing telecommunications calls associated with the entity over the packet-switched network; wherein the softswitch is operable to apply the COS restriction to the at least one telecommunications call, and wherein the softswitch is further operable to provision the at least one telecommunications call across the packet-switched network by: selecting a termination gateway for terminating the at least one telecommunications call on the packet-switched network; connecting the at least one telecommunications call between an originating gateway operable to receive media associated with the at least one telecommunications call from the first facility and the termination gateway.