Patent ID: 7701929

Claim:
A distributed telecommunications platform providing redundancy and integration of IP based devices, the distributed telecommunications platform comprising: at least two signaling gateways to pass data between an SS 7 telecommunications network and a packet switched network, wherein each signaling gateway includes a signaling interface to an STP of the telecommunications network and an IP interface to one or more other components in the telecommunications system, further each signaling gateway is assigned a point code for being accessed in the telecommunications network and the combination of signaling gateways is assigned a virtual point code, further each signaling gateway registers its point code with the telecommunications system and to register the virtual point code as an adjacent switching point; at least one telecommunications server, wherein each telecommunications server includes a circuit-switched interface for terminating circuit-switched traffic over the telecommunications network and that is associated with a set of circuit identification codes, and further, each telecommunications server includes an IP interface for interfacing to the signaling gateways through an IP network, each telecommunications server being configured to provide communication services to subscribers and to notify the signaling gateways with regards to the circuit identification codes associated with the telecommunications server such that the telecommunications network maintains routing information that identifies all of the circuit identification codes associated with the virtual point code.