Patent ID: 7353293

Claim:
A method for creating an alternative communication connection to a communication connection from a first gateway of a first subscriber via a primary network to a second gateway of a second subscriber, the communication connection having a data path and a signaling path, the method comprising: detecting a fault in the signaling path of the communication connection of the primary network; and in response to detecting the fault: creating an alternative communication connection having an alternative signaling path via an alternative network and a call processing server, the alternative signaling path created independently of the data path, the call processing server centrally controlling the first and second gateways; logically linking the signaling path of the primary network with the created signaling path of the alternative network; storing, in the call processing server, a feature of the communication connection of the primary network relating to connection data which is provided by the signaling path of the primary network such that the feature is available in the call processing server for the alternative signaling path of the alternative network, retrieving the stored data by the call processing server; and transferring the retrieved data by the call processing server directly via the alternate signaling path.