Patent ID: 6947542

Claim:
A private communications network comprising: at least one communications server, said at least one communications server being an originating server with a plurality of connected communications devices, calls being placed from ones of said connected communications devices by entering a called party number, said called party number being provided to said originating server, said originating server parsing any identified carrier identification code (CIC) from said called party number, parsed called party numbers having said CIC parsed therefrom, said originating server placing any parsed said CIC and said parsed called party numbers on a private network of connected servers; and at least one connected server being a public network gateway server receiving said parsed called party number from said network and receiving said parsed CIC independent of receipt of said parsed called party number, said public network gateway server passing said parsed called party number to an appropriate carrier network, whereby a user entering a number at one said communications device is connected to a called party over said carrier network.