Mediaring.com Ltd.

Mediaring Ltd

Ede-Phang Ng

Steven Donald Edelson

Wee Sin Tam

A system and method for establishing a communication link between an internet telephony device and a PSTN telephone during a user registration period comprises receiving data from a user indicating a plurality of frequently called countries, accessing a gateway provider table comprising data on a plurality of gateway providers that provide service to the plurality of frequently called countries, determining the lowest cost gateway provider for the plurality of frequently called countries, and displaying to the user information on the lowest cost gateway provider for the plurality of frequently called countries. A system and method for dynamically selecting during a PC-to-Phone call connection procedure a destination gateway provider for establishing a connection between an internet telephony device and a PSTN telephone comprises receiving from a user a destination PSTN phone number, selecting the lowest cost destination gateway provider from a gateway provider database using the destination PSTN phone number; and displaying to the user information on the lowest cost destination gateway provider.

PC-to-phone for least cost routing with user preferences

A system for determining an individual phone rate for a user from an originating device to a destination device comprises a user calling pattern information module, a destination gateway provider module, a margin multiplier calculator module, and an individual rate calculator module. The user calling pattern information module stores information about the user such as the destinations the user calls or desires to call frequently and the percentage of time the user calls or plans to call the frequently called destinations. Such information may be inputted directly from the user or may be determined from the user's historical billing records. The destination gateway provider information module stores information relating to the cost and profit margin of the provider servicing the connection to the destination device. For example, the destination gateway provider may store such information as the fixed cost for establishing a connection to the destination device as well as the normal margin for a call to the destination device. The margin multiplier calculator module determines a margin multiplier for a call by the user to the destination device. The individual rate calculator module uses the margin multiplier, the destination gateway provider information, and the user calling pattern information to determine a call rate to the destination for the user. In one embodiment, the call rate to the destination is determined by multiplying the margin multiplier with the normal margin for the call to the destination and adding the result to the fixed cost of the call to the destination.

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Singapore, Singapore

Ede-Phang Ng