System and method for best value routing

• US 9,118,593 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enghouse Networks Limited (Enghouse Systems Limited), Pulse Networks
• Original Assignee: Enghouse Networks Limited (Enghouse Systems Limited)
• Inventors: Kunarathnam, Jay, Markandaier, Theva, Lin, Michael, Sivarajah, Ramesh, Ebach, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): O CONNOR, BRIAN T
• Application Number:
  US12/899,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20120087368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 370/238, 370/254, 370/255, 370/351, 370/352, 370/389, 370/392, 370/400, 370/443, 370/468, 709/223, 709/235, 709/238
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/308 Route determination based on user's profile, e.g. premium users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A system determines, in real-time, the routing of communication services from origination to destination based on a number of selected criteria used to determine an optimal path. Best value routing enables carriers and service providers to route a session/call by using an advanced intelligent network solution to generate optimal routes/service providers for servicing a request.

Claims

1. An advanced intelligent network platform (AINP) system for real-time determination of a best value route for transporting content across a network, the AINP system comprising:

a network interface communicating with a memory;

the memory communicating with a processor; and

the processor, when executing a computer program, configured to;

receive a request from a service delivery platform (SDP), wherein the request includes session parameters, wherein the session parameters include an origin and a destination;

retrieve from the memory, based upon the session parameters, a session profile;

determine, based upon the session parameters and the session profile, a plurality of route optimization modules and an execution order of the plurality of route optimization modules;

execute the plurality of route optimization modules in the determined execution order;

determine, based upon the executing, the best value route (BVR) for routing the content from the origin to the destination;

provide the BVR.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein providing the BVR comprises providing the BVR to at least one of the SDP, a device associated with a subscriber, the origin, the destination, a service provider and a carrier.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the session profile comprises a subscriber profile.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, is further configured to apply real time intelligence within a session flow.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein applying real time intelligence comprises querying a data source to obtain at least one of business intelligence rules, session profile information, subscriber profile information, service logic procedures, workflow data, cost data, routing data, network status data and network bandwidth data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the session parameters further comprise automatic number identification (ANI) data, dialed number identification service (DNIS) data, subscriber identifier, subscriber IP address, subscriber name, incoming trunk group, session identifier, origination IP address, subscriber location data and service identifier.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of a source network type and a destination network type are associated with at least one of a wireless network, a mobile network, a wireline network and an IP network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the BVR comprises at least one of a route, a routing table, a plurality of routes, a plurality of routing tables, a result code, a subscriber identifier, a subscriber IP address, a carrier identifier, a service provider identifier and a calling party name, and wherein the SDP completes a service request based upon the BVR.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the BVR comprises at least one of a plurality of routes and concurrent routing to multiple networks.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising determining that a subscriber account associated with a subscriber is valid, wherein the SDP receives a service request from the subscriber.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises at least one of a service workflow logic module, a location based module, a quality module, a least cost module, a carrier commitment module, a time based routing module, and a customer preference module.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining an execution order comprises determining a priority percentage for each of the plurality of routing modules.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, is further configured to obtain, based upon the session parameters, at least one of network attributes, carrier profile, routing policy, terminating entity profile, network quality parameters, network optimization data, and local number portability data.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein a quality and network optimization module analyzes at least one of call data records, answer seizure ratio data, and post dial delay data to optimize the BVR, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the quality and network optimization module.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein a carrier commitment module analyzes at least one of carrier commitment and a subscriber profile to optimize the BVR, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the carrier commitment module.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein a customer profile routing module analyzes at least one of automatic number identification (ANI) data and incoming trunk group data to optimize the BVR, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the customer profile routing module.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein a custom routing module analyzes at least one of predetermined rules, subscriber business rules, carrier business rules and requested service routing rules to optimize the BVR, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the custom routing module.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the custom routing module filters a list of possible service providers based upon business intelligence rules.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the custom routing module modifies data associated with at least one of automatic number identification (ANI), dialed number identification service (DNIS), incoming trunk, origination IP address, origination switch device, location, presence information, and Direct inward dialing (DID).

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the BVR is determined based upon at least one of network metrics, variance in network metrics, source metrics, an originating number, cost policies, business policies, an originating IP address, uniform resource identifier, a destination number, a destination IP address, destination metrics, quality of service, cost, location, number portability, carrier commitment and customer profile.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein business polices include at least one of specific contracts and operating procedures specific to a company, wherein the execution of the business policies result in a specific desired behavior of the session control.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the SDP comprises at least one of a session control device, a switching platform, a class 4 switch, a class 5 switch, a class 4/5 switch, a next generation network (NGN) platform, a mobile switching center (MSC), a router, a gateway, a service broker gateway, an IMS framework, a call session control function (CSCF) device, a proxy server, a session initiated protocol (SIP) server, a SIP/enum server, an LTE framework, an evolved packet core (EPC), an SS7node, a SIGTRAN node and a multimedia resource function (MRF) server.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of:

a location based module determines a plurality of service providers based upon a location to complete a service request, wherein the location is based upon at least one of a requesting location and a terminating location, and wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the location based module, and

a time based routing module analyzes time based routing data to optimize the BVR, wherein the plurality of route optimization modules comprises the time based routing module.

24. A computer-based method for real-time determination of a best value route for transporting content across a network, the method comprising:

receiving, at a computer, a request from a service delivery platform (SDP), wherein the request includes session parameters, wherein the session parameters include an origin and a destination;

retrieving, by the computer, from a memory, based upon the session parameters, a subscriber profile;

determining, by the computer, based upon the session parameters and the subscriber profile, a plurality of route optimization modules and an execution order of the plurality of route optimization modules;

executing, by the computer, the plurality of route optimization modules in the determined execution order;

determining, by the computer, based upon the executing, the best value route for routing the content from the origin to the destination;

providing, by the computer, the best value route to at least one of the SDP, a device associated with a subscriber, the origin, the destination, a service provider and a carrier.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computer for real-time determination of a best value route for transporting content across a network, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receive a request from a service delivery platform (SDP), wherein the request includes session parameters, wherein the session parameters include an origin and a destination;

retrieve, from a memory, based upon the session parameters, a subscriber profile;

determine, based upon the session parameters and the subscriber profile, a plurality of route optimization modules and an execution order of the plurality of route optimization modules;

execute the plurality of route optimization modules in the determined execution order;

determine, based upon the executing, the best value route for routing the content from the origin to the destination;

provide the best value route to at least one of the SDP, a device associated with a subscriber, the origin, the destination, a service provider and a carrier.