Method and system for routing a communication through an alternate carrier
AssigneeSBC Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Plunkett, Laura Culli, M. Coranado, David Hickman, Bruce Nance, John Simino, Mark Tamasi
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Abstract
A method and system for routing a communication through an alternate carrier. The A method includes recognizing an input number upon which a call is based, assigning primary, alternate and secondary interexchange carriers responsive to the recognizing, and sequentially routing an input number from a node among primary, alternate, and secondary carriers until a connection is established.
Claims20
A computer readable medium storing a program for facilitating sequential routing of a call to a destination via a service location and a selected interexchange carrier (IXC), the call being directed to a telephone number associated with a telecommunications service and also with the destination, the medium comprising:
- a priority code segment that stores a priority order of a plurality of IXCs for each of the service locations;
- wherein the call is attempted to be routed from a selected service location to the destination associated with the telephone number via a highest priority IXC assigned to the selected service location;
- and
- wherein, if the highest priority IXC is unavailable, the call is attempted to be routed from the selected service location to the destination associated with the telephone number via a second highest priority IXC assigned to the selected service location.
A method for routing a call via a selected interexchange carrier (IXC), the call being directed to a telephone number associated with a telecommunications service that is partially executed within a plurality of service end offices, the routing method comprising:
- receiving a priority order assignment of a plurality of IXCs for each of the service end offices;
- receiving the call placed to the telephone number at a selected one of the service end offices;
- attempting to route the call from the selected service end office to a destination associated with the telephone number via a highest priority IXC assigned to the selected end office;
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- if the highest priority IXC is unavailable, attempting to route the call from the selected end office to the destination associated with the telephone number via a second highest priority IXC assigned to the selected end office.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.