Patent ID: 8406221

Claim:
A method of sending voice transmissions to an international termination destination, comprising the steps of: a. accessing a computerized database; b. reading from said computerized database a plurality of carriers that can provide access to said international termination destination, wherein (b1) each of said plurality of carriers has at least one screening variable value associated therewith, wherein the at least one screening variable value for each of said plurality of carriers is selected from the group consisting of a price and a quality associated therewith, and, (b2) each of said plurality of carriers is in electronic communication with at least one of a matching plurality of carrier exit points; c. ordering said plurality of carriers according to said at least one screening variable values, thereby producing an ordered plurality of carriers; d. determining a network routing between a customer entry point and each of said matching plurality of carrier exit points, wherein each of said network routings passes through at least one electronic switching device; e. converting at least a portion of said determined network routings to machine readable form; f. using at least said converted portion of said determined network routings to machine readable form and said ordered plurality of carriers to automatically generate a plurality of switch commands, wherein, (f1) said plurality of switch commands when applied to each of said at least one electronic switching devices creates a signal path between said customer entry point and each of said matching plurality of carrier exit points, and, (f2) said plurality of switch commands includes commands for automatically switching in order between said ordered plurality of carriers; g. communicating at least a portion of said plurality of switch commands to each of said at least one electronic switching devices; h. applying said communicated switch commands to each of said at least one electronic switching devices, thereby configuring the at least one electronic switching device to handle voice transmissions at least in part in accordance with said communicated switch commands; i. subsequent to the applying (h) step: (i1) receiving a voice transmission via said customer entry point; (i2) determining whether a first of said ordered plurality of carriers can accept said voice transmission; (i3) if said first of said ordered plurality of carriers can accept said voice transmission, selecting said first of said ordered plurality of carriers; (i4) if said first of said ordered plurality of carriers cannot accept said voice transmission, selecting a second of said ordered plurality of carriers; and (i5) transmitting said voice transmission to said selected carrier.