Patent ID: 7616753

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a calling number and a called number for a call to an international number; determining if the calling number and the called number are each one of a plurality of predetermined numbers in a database; when the calling number and the called number are each one of the plurality of predetermined numbers in the database then routing the call to the international number using a preferred path; when the calling number and the called number are not each one of the plurality of predetermined numbers in the database then evaluating a set of current conditions of the preferred path against a predetermined set of criteria; when the set of current conditions of the preferred path meet the predetermined set of criteria then routing the call to the international number using the preferred path; when the calling number and the called number are not each one of the plurality of predetermined numbers in the database and the set of current conditions of the preferred path do not meet the predetermined set of criteria, then evaluating a country code of the called number; when the country code of the called number is an international country code, then routing the call to the international number using the preferred path; otherwise routing the call to the international number using a default path.