Patent ID: 7209457

Claim:
A system for managing the routing of information from a source to a destination through a plurality of networks, wherein at least one of the networks is a packet network, the system comprising: a routing processor for receiving a query signal from the source via a wireless link, wherein the query signal specifies the destination to which the information will be routed, and wherein the processor is configured to identify a subscriber service associated with the destination; at least one subsystem that stores: one or more characteristics of the source; one or more characteristics of the destination, said one or more characteristics of the destination including the type of equipment at the destination, and information indicating a type of service associated with the destination wherein the type of service is one of a fixed wireless service or a PSTN service; and information about the topology of the networks; at least one subsystem, accessible from the routing processor, that determines a route for the transmission of the information based on: the query signal, the identified subscriber service associated with the destination, the characteristics stored in the memory, and the information about the topology of the networks; and at least one subsystem, other than the source, that converts the information sent over the route into data packets.