Patent ID: 7933398

Claim:
A system for bridging a call in a network connecting the call to a first destination and a second destination with intermediate communication links that are each associated with a dialed number identification service (DNIS) label associated with the call, comprising: an interface to receive the call via the network, wherein the received call is connected to the first destination; and a routing engine, the routing engine communicating with the interface to direct the call from the first destination to the second destination and to selectively bridge the call from the network to the second destination via a virtual network by: analyzing the DNIS label associated with each intermediate communication link to determine whether the intermediate communication links are part of the same call flow, and upon determining that the analyzed DNIS labels associated with the intermediate communication links identify the are intermediate links as part of the same call flow, establishing a direct connection between the network and the second destination via a virtual network and terminating at least one of the intermediate communication links.