Patent ID: 7215744

Claim:
A method of handling a call, wherein the call is made from a certain type of telephone device, said method comprising the steps of: providing a device with resources which receives and analyzes information associated with said call; receiving said information, including information indicator digits, associated with said call at said device, wherein the information indicator digits indicate the certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made; processing said information associated with said call, including the information indicator digits; determining the certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made based on the information indicator digits; and handling said call in a particular way based on said certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made and said processing of said information associated with said call, wherein the act of handling said call comprises routing the call along a network path that is predeterminedly associated with calls that are made from the certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made, wherein the network path that is predeterminedly associated with calls that are made from the certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made is dedicated to calls that are made from the certain type of telephone device from which the call has been made.