System and method for bypassing data from egress facilities

A system for bypassing the egress facilities of a telecommunications system, the system comprising:

• (a) a voice switch transmitting voice calls to a called party;
• and
• (b) an open architecture switch receiving data calls and said voice calls from a telecommunications carrier, said open architecture switch including
• (i) a modem network access server terminating said data calls to a modem;
• (ii) a tandem network access server receiving said data calls and said voice calls;
• and
• (iii) a gateway including
• a gateway signalling system managing signaling information for said open architecture switch, and
• a control server capable of controlling said modem network access server and said tandem network access server,
• wherein said control server is capable of distinguishing between said data calls and said voice calls, transmitting said voice calls to said voice switch, and transmitting said data calls to said modem network access server.

A method for bypassing data from egress facilities of a telecommunications carrier, the method comprising the steps of:

• establishing a call with an open architecture telecommunications system;
• determining whether said call is a voice call or a data call;
• and
• terminating said call onto a network access server for termination processing, if said call is a data call.

The method according to claim , wherein said step of establishing a call with said telecommunications system comprises:

• receiving signaling information to set up a call coming into said open architecture telecommunications system;
• informing a control server that a call has arrived on said open architecture telecommunications system;
• and
• receiving said call at said open architecture telecommunications system.

A method for bypassing data from the facilities of a telecommunications carrier comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving signaling information for transmitting a call;
• (b) converting said signaling information into a format used by an open architecture platform;
• (c) receiving said call on said platform;
• (d) determining whether said call is a voice call or a data call;
• (e) controlling at least one network access server;
• (f) terminating said call in said at least one network access server, if said call is a data call;
• and
• (g) transmitting said call to a voice switch, if said call is a voice call.

A bypass system receiving telecommunications traffic including voice traffic and data traffic from a telecommunications carrier and bypassing the data traffic around egress facilities of the telecommunications carrier, said bypass system comprising:

• one or more network access servers receiving said telecommunications traffic and separately routing the voice traffic and data traffic;
• one or more gateways exchanging messages with the telecommunications carrier and providing signaling information to one or more control servers;
• said one or more control servers responsive to said signaling information and detecting whether data traffic or voice traffic is being received by a network access server associated with the signaling information, and sending routing control information to the network access server receiving the telecommunications traffic associated with the signaling information;
• and
• said network access server associated with the signaling information transmitting voice traffic to a voice switch if the telecommunications traffic is voice traffic and converting the telecommunications traffic to a form suitable for a destination data network if the telecommunications traffic is data traffic.