Patent ID: 6845250

Claim:
A system for transmitting a message in a communications network, the system comprising: a signaling gateway operable to: receive a message directed to a destination circuit; and execute one or more message transfer parts; a plurality of voice gateways coupled to the signaling gateway, the voice gateways comprising a destination voice gateway coupled to the destination circuit, each message transfer part of the one or more message transfer parts being operable to direct the message to at least one of the voice gateways, at least one of the voice gateways being operable to execute an integrated services digital network user part; and a plurality of circuits comprising the destination circuit, each circuit coupled to at least one of the voice gateways, the integrated services digital network user part of the at least one voice gateway being operable to provide signaling information to a circuit of the circuits, the signaling gateway being farther operable to: establish the destination circuit from the message; determine a circuit identifier identifying the destination circuit; determine the destination voice gateway based on the circuit identifier identifying the destination circuit; and send the message to the destination voice gateway.