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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Tata Communications (America) Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Manish Arora, Edison, NJ (US);
Kumar Thirumalaiappan, Edison, NJ (US);
Carlos Miranda, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Tata Communications (America) Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for connecting a call from an originating endpoint of a calling party to a terminating endpoint of a called party. The system comprises: a first computer system configured to i) receive, from a second computer system, a plurality of subscriber identifiers for a first over-the-top (OTT) call service, comprising a subscriber identifier of the called party, ii) receive, from a third computer system, a first series of plural updates for a predetermined connection characteristic and corresponding to the subscriber identifier of the called party, and iii) generate a signal for controlling the call, wherein the signal indicates to route the call either a) via the first OTT call service or b) via a different call service, based the first series of plural updates; and a networking device configured to route the call to the terminating endpoint, based on the signal.