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Local routing management in a telecommunications network

  • US 7,995,736 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2010
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for routing local calls comprising:

  • provisioning a core routing engine (CRE) with a plurality of routing instructions, wherein each provisioned routing instruction specifies at least whether off-net routing is permissible for local calls;

    receiving a call;

    analyzing signaling information associated with the received call to determine a customer identifier associated with the received call and a dialed number associated with the received call;

    using at least the dialed number to determine whether the received call is a local call or a long distance call;

    if the received call is a local call, thenusing at least the customer identifier to determine specific routing instructions for the received call from one of the plurality of routing instructions;

    if off-net routing is permitted by the specific routing instructions, selecting between an on-net route or an off-net route for routing the received call; and

    if off-net routing is not permitted by the specific routing instructions, selecting an on-net route for routing the received call.

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