# US 2004/0151297 A1 · Internationally accessible communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2004/0151297 A1 - Document ID: US20040151297A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/356,863 - Filed: 2003-02-03 - Published: 2004-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2003-02-03 - Assignees: Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Inventors: Warren B. Cope - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20040151297A1 ## CPC - H04Q 3/0029: {Provisions for intelligent networking} - H04Q 2213/13512: 800 - freefone - H04Q 2213/13533: multivendor and hybrid, e.g. public/private, networks, inc. international - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) ## Abstract A call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, wherein the call processing system comprises a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an international country code, and a processing system configured to process the international code to select one of the remote processors from the plurality of remote processors. The processing system is further configured to transfer a remote processor query to the one remote processor and process a remote processor response from the one remote processor to transfer a routing instruction for the call to the routing system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, the method comprising: receiving signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an international country code; processing the international country code to select one of the remote processors from the plurality of remote processors; transferring a remote processor query to the one remote processor; receiving a remote processor response from the one remote processor; and processing the remote processor response to transfer a routing instruction for the call. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the call processing system comprises a routing system and a Service Control Point (SCP), wherein the SCP is configured to communicate with the plurality of remote processors, and wherein receiving the signaling for the call and processing the international country code to select the one remote processor comprises: in the routing system, receiving a signaling message including the called number and the international country code and processing the international country code to transfer an SCP query including the international country code; and in the SCP, receiving the SCP query and processing the international country code to select the one remote processor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 wherein receiving the signaling for the call comprises receiving the signaling in the SCP. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 wherein transferring the remote processor query and receiving the remote processor response comprises transferring the remote processor query from the SCP and receiving the remote processor response in the SCP. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 wherein processing the remote processor response to transfer the routing instruction comprises processing the remote processor response in the SCP to transfer an SCP response including the routing instruction, and further comprising: in the routing system, receiving the SCP response; and in the routing system, processing the routing instruction to route the call. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving the remote processor query in the one remote processor, processing the remote processor query in the one remote processor, and transferring the remote processor response from the one remote processor. ### Claim 7 A call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, the call processing system comprising: a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an international country code; and a processing system configured to process the international country code to select one of the remote processors from the plurality of remote processors, transfer a remote processor query to the one remote processor, and process a remote processor response from the one remote processor to transfer a routing instruction for the call to the routing system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The call processing system of claim 7 wherein the processing system comprises an SCP configured to process the international country code to select the one remote processor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The call processing system of claim 8 wherein the routing system is further configured to process the international country code to transfer an SCP query to the SCP including the international country code. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The call processing system of claim 9 wherein the SCP is further configured to transfer the remote processor query to the one remote processor, and process the remote processor response from the one remote processor to transfer the routing instruction for the call to the routing system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The call processing system of claim 7 further comprising the one remote processor configured to receive the remote processor query from the processing system, process the remote processor query, and transfer the remote processor response to the processing system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The call processing system of claim 11 wherein the remote processor response includes the routing instruction for the call. ### Claim 13 A software product for a call processing system wherein the call processing system is configured to receive signaling indicating a called number including an international country code, transfer a remote processor query to one of a plurality of remote processors, receive a remote processor response from the one remote processor, and transfer a routing instruction, the software product comprising: software configured to process the international country code to select the one remote processor from the plurality of remote processors, and process the remote processor response to generate the routing instruction; and a storage system that stores the software. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The software product of claim 13 wherein the call processing system comprises an SCP. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The software product of claim 13 wherein the storage system comprises an SCP.