Patent ID: 7570754

Claim:
A method of routing a call to a called party having a home wireless communications network comprising: the called party providing different called-party-preferred long distance carriers for routing calls to different called party locations, each long distance carrier being a different communications network than the called party's home network and the visited network with a gateway switch providing entry for calls routed from the called party's home network into the associated long distance carrier's network; the called party roaming and communicating via a visiting MSC at a called party location; receiving an incoming call for the called party at the called party's home wireless communications network, the network including a called party's home mobile switching center (HMSC); determining called party location information including the called party location; the HMSC sending an inquiry for the called-party-preferred long distance carrier provided by the called party for routing calls to the visiting MSC at the called party location; the HMSC receiving identification of the called-party-preferred long distance carrier provided by the called party for the called party location in response to the inquiry; and routing the call from the home wireless communications network to the visiting MSC and the called party using the selected called-party-preferred long distance carrier via the selected called-party-preferred long distance carrier's gateway switch.