Patent ID: 8599682

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a network device and via an incoming path from a caller device, a request to connect the caller device to a destination that differs from the network device; connecting, by the network device and based on receiving the request, the caller device to the destination, connecting the caller device to the destination including: establishing a first outgoing path to the destination, and bridging the incoming path and the first outgoing path, first communications between the caller device and the destination being transmitted on the first outgoing path and the first outgoing path using in-band signaling; receiving, by the network device and from one of the caller device or the destination, an indication of a disruption of the first communications between the caller device and the destination, the indication being received via out-of band signaling that differs from the in-band signaling used to transmit the first communications; establishing, by the network device and while maintaining the incoming path, a second outgoing path to the destination based on receiving the indication; and bridging, by the network device, the incoming path and the second outgoing path.