Inventors:
Anurag Goel - Tinton Falls NJ
Nadine A. Guillaume - Marlboro NJ
Leticia Garcia Johnson - Arvada CO
Robert Yaeger Peters Jr. - Middletown NJ
Theodore Homer Vagelos - Bedminster NJ
Walter Paul Zahray - Matawan NJ
Assignee:
AT&T Corp. - Middletown NJ
International Classification:
H04M3/42
Abstract:
An interexchange carrier (IXC) switch and an associated database route qualified calls dialed to local service provider (LSP) subscribers onto interconnecting facilitiies with local access settlement rates, thereby allowing a local rather than toll cost structure. The IXC switch and associated database operate with existing toll features including those features which translate a private dialed number into a public number. The IXC switch and associated database classify the call into a jurisdictional classification from a customer billing and feature application perspective, and from a routing perspective independent of the customer billing and feature application classification. The jurisdictional classification can include, example, local, toll, interLATA toll or intraLATA toll.