Patent ID: 8089958

Claim:
A system for servicing telecommunications calls over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a soft switch operable to receive a signaling message associated with a telecommunications call between a calling party and a called party, wherein the signaling message comprises a trunk ID identifying a trunk group assigned to a telecommunications carrier to which the calling party has subscribed for the provision of telecommunication services; a configuration server communicably coupled to the soft switch, wherein the configuration server is operable to receive a query comprising the trunk ID from the soft switch and identify call processing logic for use in communicating telecommunications calls received from the telecommunications carrier across the packet-switched network in accordance with specific options associated with the trunk group; and wherein the soft switch is operable to receive the call processing logic from the configuration server and implement the call processing logic to thereby control provisioning of the telecommunications call across the packet-switched network based at least in part on the specific options.