Method and system of managing connections between circuit-switched and packet-switched networks
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1. A method of transmitting telecommunications traffic between packet-switched networks and circuit-switched networks, comprising steps of:
- a. assigning an identifier to a packet-switched network;
b. receiving, by a network switch, telecommunications traffic from a circuit-switched network;
c. selecting, by the network switch using a switch routing table, a packet-switched network for receiving the telecommunications traffic;
d. associating, by the network switch, the telecommunications traffic with the assigned identifier;
e. receiving, by a VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic with the assigned identifier;
f. retrieving, by the VoIP platform from a VoIP platform routing table that utilizes the assigned identifier, destination IP information for the selected packet-switched network;
g. converting, by the VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic into a format compatible with the selected packet-switched network; and
h. transmitting, by the VoIP platform, the converted telecommunications traffic to the selected packet-switched network.
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Abstract
A system for transmitting telecommunications traffic for one or more customers between packet-switched and circuit switched networks generates a routing table for routing the telecommunications traffic. The routing table includes one or more routes specified for each customer, each of the routes being identified with a customer identifier. The system associates identifying information of each packet-switched network with a customer identifier and receives from a packet-switched network telecommunications traffic including information identifying the packet-switched network. The system also identifies the customer identifier associated with the packet-switched network identifying information and selects by the network switch one of the plurality of circuit-switched networks for receiving the telecommunications traffic based on the routing table and the identified customer identifier.
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1. A method of transmitting telecommunications traffic between packet-switched networks and circuit-switched networks, comprising steps of:
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a. assigning an identifier to a packet-switched network; b. receiving, by a network switch, telecommunications traffic from a circuit-switched network; c. selecting, by the network switch using a switch routing table, a packet-switched network for receiving the telecommunications traffic; d. associating, by the network switch, the telecommunications traffic with the assigned identifier; e. receiving, by a VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic with the assigned identifier; f. retrieving, by the VoIP platform from a VoIP platform routing table that utilizes the assigned identifier, destination IP information for the selected packet-switched network; g. converting, by the VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic into a format compatible with the selected packet-switched network; and h. transmitting, by the VoIP platform, the converted telecommunications traffic to the selected packet-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18)
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7. A method of transmitting telecommunications traffic between packet-switched networks and circuit-switched networks, comprising steps of:
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a. assigning an identifier to a packet-switched network; b. receiving, by a VoIP platform, telecommunications traffic from a packet-switched network and originating IP information for the packet-switched network; c. retrieving, by the VoIP platform from a VoIP platform routing table that utilizes the originating IP information, the assigned identifier; d. associating, by the VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic with the assigned identifier; e. converting, by the VoIP platform, the telecommunications traffic into a format compatible with a circuit-switched network; f. selecting, by a network switch using a switch routing table that utilizes the assigned identifier, a circuit-switched network for receiving the convened telecommunications traffic; and g. transmitting, by the network switch, the convened telecommunications traffic to the selected circuit-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system configured to transmit telecommunications traffic between packet-switched networks and circuit-switched networks, comprising:
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a network switch connected to a circuit-switched network; a switch routing table relating the circuit-switched network to a packet-switched network through an identifier wherein the identifier is assigned to the packet-switched network; the network switch configured to select, through the switch routing table, the packet-switched network to receive telecommunications traffic from the circuit-switched network and configured to associate the telecommunications traffic from the circuit-switched network with the identifier; a VoIP platform connected to the network switch and to the packet-switched network, the VoIP platform comprising a VoIP platform routing table relating the identifier to destination IP information for the packet-switched network, and the VoIP platform configured to receive the telecommunications traffic and the identifier, configured to use the identifier to retrieve from the VoIP platform routing table the destination IP information for the packet-switched network, configured to convert the telecommunications traffic into a format compatible with the packet-switched network and configured to transmit the converted telecommunications traffic to the packet-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system configured to transmit telecommunications traffic between packet-switched networks and circuit-switched networks, comprising:
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a VoIP platform connected to a packet-switched network, the VoIP platform comprising a VoIP platform routing table relating originating IP information for the packet-switched network to an identifier wherein the identifier is assigned to the packet-switched network; the VoIP platform configured to use the originating IP information to retrieve from the VoIP platform routing table the identifier corresponding to the packet-switched network, configured to associate the telecommunications traffic with the identifier and configured to convert the telecommunications traffic into a format compatible with a circuit-switched network; a network switch connected to the VoIP platform and to the circuit-switched network; and a switch routing table that utilizes the identifier to relate the packet-switched network to the circuit-switched network, the network switch configured to select, through the switch routing table that utilizes the identifier, the circuit-switched network to receive the telecommunications traffic.
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Current AssigneeAIP Acquisition LLC
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Original AssigneeArbinet-Thexchange Incorporated
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InventorsSorrentino, Bob
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Primary Examiner(s)Patel, Ajit
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Application NumberUS10/745,318Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,870 DaysField of Search370/351, 370/352, 370/353, 370/354, 370/355, 370/356US Class Current370/352CPC Class CodesH04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting...H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid netw...H04L 65/1101 Session protocolsH04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; ...H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, ...H04M 15/49 Connection to several servi...H04M 15/55 for hybrid networksH04M 15/56 for VoIP communicationsH04M 15/8044 Least cost routingH04M 2215/202 VoIP; Packet switched telep...H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve...H04M 2215/42 Least cost routing, i.e. pr...H04M 2215/44 Charging/billing arrangemen...H04M 2215/46 Connection to several servi...H04M 2215/745 Least cost routing, e.g. Au...H04M 7/1285 Details of finding and sele...
