Method for selection and routing of an inbound voice call to an appropriate network for completion
View Patent ↗A method of directing a call includes receiving a call connection request, the call connection request including an identifier associated with a called party. The method also includes determining a network category associated with the called party in response to receiving the call connection request and generating an instruction operable to direct the call connection request to a selected one of at least two networks accessible for communication by the called party. The network is selected by the instruction in response to the determined network category associated with the called party.
1. A device for directing a call connection request, the device comprising:
a database storing one or more identifiers, each of the one or more identifiers associated with a respective called party and further associated with one or more communication networks;
a processor in communication with the database;
memory for storing computer instructions, the computer instructions operable, when executed by the processor, to:
receive an identifier associated with a called party in response to a call connection request to set up a call from a calling party to the called party;
query the database using the identifier;
receive a first communication network indicator and a second communication network indicator in response to such query, the first communication network indicator and the second communication network indicator indicate a first communication network and a second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call;
receive a third communication network indicator associated with a calling party, the third network indicator indicates a communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party, the communication network operated by a first service provider;
determine if a service provider operating the first communication network or the second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party; and
responsive to a determination that the service provider of either the first communication network or the second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party, determine a selected network from either the first communication network or the second communication network in which the service provider matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party; and
establish the call over the selected network.
2. A method for directing a call connection request, the method comprising:
storing one or more identifiers, each of the one or more identifiers associated with a respective called party and further associated with one or more communication networks;
receiving an identifier associated with a called party in response to the call connection request to set up a call from a calling party to the called party;
querying the database using the identifier;
receiving a first communication network indicator and a second communication network indicator in response to such query, the first communication network indicator and the second communication network indicator indicate a first communication network and a second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call;
receiving a third communication network indicator associated with a calling party, the third network indicator indicates a communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party, the communication network operated by a first service provider;
determining if a service provider operating the first communication network or the second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party; and
responsive to a determination that the service provider of either the first communication network or the second communication network over which the called party associated with the identifier is operable to receive the call matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party, determining a selected network from either the first communication network or the second communication network in which the service provider matches the first service provider of the communication network over which the call connection request was received from the calling party; and
establishing the call over the selected network.