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US 7,606,217 B2Granted
System and method for routing telephone calls over a voice and data network
Assigneei2 Telecom International, Inc.
InventorsDoug Bender, Anthony Zalenski, John M. Cooney
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Abstract
A system and method for routing a mobile phone call over a voice and data network. A user places a call on a mobile phone to an end destination. The call is then routed to a telecommunications gateway, where the call is converted into a medium that is transferable over the voice and data network. The converted call is then sent over the voice and data network to another PSTN and finally to the end destination.
Claims23
A method for routing a telephone call over a voice and data network (VDN), the method comprising:
- receiving a call from a remote communication device at a telecommunications gateway (TCG), wherein the call is directed to a called telephone number associated with the TCG and with a telephone physically coupled to the TCG;
- determining whether the call is to be redirected as a voice and data network (VDN) call, wherein the determination is made based on whether a caller is authorized to use the VDN;
- when the caller is authorized to use the VDN, redirecting the call as the VDN call by converting the call at the TCG into a format compatible with the VDN and connecting the converted call to a destination device via the VDN;
- and
- when the caller is not authorized to use the VDN, allowing the call to proceed by connecting the call to the telephone physically coupled to the TCG.
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A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory accessible to the processor, the memory comprising:
- instructions executable by the processor to receive an incoming call directed to a telephone number associated with a location of the device;
- instructions executable by the processor to determine whether the incoming call is a call to a remote destination device;
- instructions executable by the processor to determine whether a caller is authorized to use a voice and data network (VDN);
- instructions executable by the processor to allow the incoming call to proceed by connecting the incoming call to a telephone physically connected to the device when the caller is not authorized to use the VDN;
- and
- instructions executable by the processor to convert the incoming call to a format compatible with the voice and data network (VDN) and to send the converted incoming call to the remote destination device via the VDN when the caller is authorized to use the VDN.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.