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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Mark Scott, Ashburn, VA (US);
Row J. Zadeh, Louisville, KY (US);
Array Telecom Corporation, Herndon, VA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, computer program product system for providing a carrier exchange (CX) backbone to a plurality of IP carriers to pass on their over-flow traffic to another participating carrier. The system and method offers a quality-based voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call routing management system with centralized call accounting. The system and method connects potentially incompatible IP networks (e.g., ATM, Frame Relay, etc.) to a single backbone operated by a CX provider. The barter-like system and method is mutually beneficial to all participants by providing low cost to originating gateways and additional revenue for terminating gateways in the form of increased minutes.