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COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ROUTING PHONE CALLS TO A PSTN OR A PACKET SWITCHED NETWORK BASED ON CALLED NUMBER

  • US 20080095353A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2007
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for routing calls in a communication system, the computer program product comprising program code embodied in a computer-executable storage medium, the computer program code comprising:

  • program code that when executed by at least one processor within a phone network interface that is separate from a local access phone provider and from a local access Internet provider is configured to selectively carry out based on a called number to which a phone call is directed;

         1) routing an analog signal of the phone call, which is received from a phone, through an analog phone line for communication to the local access phone provider and across a public switched telephone network (PSTN);

    or

         2) routing a digital Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone call signal, which has been converted from the analog signal from the phone, to a broadband network modem device for communication to the local access Internet provider and across a packet switched network.

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