Patent ID: 8437338

Claim:
A method of obtaining an international termination of a voice transmission from a customer to a predetermined termination destination, comprising the steps of: a. obtaining said predetermined termination destination from the customer; (b1) selecting a carrier that can provide access to said termination destination, and, (b2) negotiating a rate structure with said selected carrier, wherein the rate structure is based at least in part on the cost of access to said termination destination provided by the carrier, c. determining a routing for a signal path between a customer entry point accessible by the customer and a carrier exit point accessible by said selected carrier, wherein said signal path passes through at least one electronic switching device; d. activating a computer program; e. entering said routing structure into said computer program; f. within said computer program, translating said routing structure into a plurality of switch instructions; g. electronically communicating at least a portion of said plurality of switch instructions from said computer program to each of said at least one electronic switching devices in said signal path to in order to implement said routing; h. updating at least one routing table on each of said at least one electronic switching devices in said signal path in accordance with the at least portion of said plurality of switch instructions; i. receiving said voice transmission from said customer via said customer entry point; j. transmit said voice transmission from said customer entry point to said carrier exit point via said implemented routing according to said transmitted plurality of switch instructions; and k. provide said transmitted voice transmission to said selected carrier at said carrier exit point; l. using at least said negotiated rate structure to determine a charge for said transmission of step (j); and, m. assessing said charge against said customer.