Patent ID: 7937069

Claim:
A computerized method for determining which telephone service to use for a particular call selected from a plurality of phone services comprising using a processor which is programmed to perform the following steps: providing a portable base station for housing the processor; determining via the processor which of the phone services are available wherein the phone services are selected from the group comprising landline phone services, and wireless phone services; determining via said portable base station a call quality for each phone service; determining via the processor for at least one phone service the number of minutes left in a plan for that service; determining via the processor the time and day of the week for a particular call; determining via the processor the signal strength for the call; determining via the processor whether the number to be dialed is part of a similar network or service provider as the service where the call is originating from; determining via the processor whether the call is either local, toll free, or international; and selecting a particular carrier in a said base station based upon both call an estimated call quality and an estimated price of the call; automatically connecting a telephone call in said base station through the particular carrier and particular service selected from the group comprising landline phone services, and wireless phone services based upon the determined answers from all of said determination steps to provide a caller with a call having the desired characteristics of price and quality of the call.