Patent ID: 6898279

Claim:
A method for creating a dialing string for use in a transfer of data from an origination location to a destination location, the steps comprising: requesting transfer; querying a user for at least one geographic location identifier corresponding to at least one of said origination and destination locations; receiving from the user said at least one geographic location identifier; utilizing said received geographic location identifier to generate a hierarchy of dialing strings, said hierarchy having at least one primary and one secondary dialing string, each said dialing string having at least one code corresponding to at least one of said origination or destination locations; dialing one of said dialing strings of said hierarchy of dialing strings to establish a connection between said origination and destination locations; monitoring said step of dialing to determine whether said connection is established; and wherein said connection is not established, further comprising the step of dialing another of said dialing strings of said hierarchy of dialing strings.