Patent ID: 6853621

Claim:
A server for presenting available packet-switched telephony service providers offering packet-switched telephony service to a geographic location, comprising in combination: a network interface, the network interface linking the server to a packet-switched network, wherein the packet-switched network is the Internet; a packet-switched telephony service provider database including service attributes associated with packet-switched telephony service providers, wherein the packet-switched telephony service provider is an ITSP database, and wherein the service attributes include geographic location information; a telephone code database including geographic location information associated with telephone number portions; a processor running an operating system and operable to execute a user access application and a database access application, wherein the user access application includes an HTTP daemon, an ASP module, and a home page, wherein the database access application includes application scripts, a telephone number request handler, and a SQL processor, and wherein the database access application enables the processor to access the telephone code database to determine a geographic location associated with a telephone number portion and to access the packet-switched telephony service provider database to determine the packet-switched telephony service providers offering telephony service to the geographic location, thereby enabling a user to select a packet-switched telephony service provider offering packet-switched telephony service to the geographic location.