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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Galeal Zino, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Tom Evslin, Princeton, NJ (US);
Brad Miller, Cranbury, NJ (US);
ITXC IP Holdings, S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, unknown;
Abstract
A method and system is provided wherein routing information is obtained from previously cached information or from a gatekeeper. An originating gateway in a network receives a request for a connection and determines whether pertinent routing information is cached. If available, the cached routing is used to attempt to establish a connection. If no previously established routing is available, the originating gateway requests preferred routing from a gatekeeper, including prioritized selections of terminating gateways through which to make a connection to a designated call recipient. In a further embodiment of the invention, a process is provided to respond to a complaint regarding the quality of service. The system determines whether the reported problem is general or isolated; if it is general, alternate call routing is devised.