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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Steven L. Lass, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
John K. Gallant, Plano, TX (US);
John L. Truetken, McKinney, TX (US);
Steven L. Lass, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
John K. Gallant, Plano, TX (US);
John L. Truetken, McKinney, TX (US);
MCI, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of routing a telephone call includes receiving an indication, at a handset deviceto initiate a telephone call. It is then determined, preferably by the handset devicewhether the telephone call is an emergency services telephone call. If the telephone call is not an emergency services telephone call, it is routed to a proxy serverOn the other hand, if the telephone call is an emergency services telephone call, it is routed to a local gatewaywithout first accessing the proxy server