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Service exchange in a VoIP to telephony bridging network

  • US 20070201451A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2006
  • Published: 08/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In an infrastructure supporting both Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony via the Internet and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) telephony via the PSTN, a system comprising:

  • a plurality of client telephony bridging devices communicatively coupled to both the Internet and to the PSTN and operable to bridge calls between the Internet and the PSTN;

    server processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the plurality of client telephony bridging devices and operable to enact access rules for the plurality of client telephony bridging devices and for a plurality of subscribers, the server operable to;

    receive a voice call setup request from a calling voice terminal via the Internet, the voice call setup request identifying a subscriber;

    obtain access rules for the subscriber; and

    based upon the access rules for the subscriber and the access rules for the plurality of client telephony bridging devices, select a servicing telephony bridging device from the plurality of client telephony bridging devices; and

    the servicing client telephony bridging device operable to bridge an incoming call for the calling voice terminal between the Internet and the PSTN.

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