Patent ID: 8848887

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device that includes a processor, call routing lists; receiving, by the computing device, information about a call between an originating location of a network and a terminating location of the network; determining, by the computing device, a jurisdictional index for the call based on the originating location, the terminating location, and jurisdiction definitions of carriers associated with the network, the jurisdictional index including an identifier that corresponds to first information that indicates that the call is designated as an intrastate call by a first carrier of the carriers associated with the network and to second information that indicates that the call is designated as an interstate call by a second carrier of the carriers associated with the network; selecting, by the computing device, a particular route list from the call routing lists based on the identifier; selecting, by the computing device, a route from the particular route list; and providing, by the computing device, routing instructions to network elements associated with the route, the call being routed to the terminating location via the network elements associated with the route and based on the routing instructions.