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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Timothy R. Whiting, Chicago, IL (US);
Melanie Murphy, Oak Park, IL (US);
Scott E. Bowers, Chicago, IL (US);
Eugene J. Wagner, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Gilbert Badillo, Chicago, IL (US);
Uma Rao, Algonquin, IL (US);
Anthony A. Haeuser, Naperville, IL (US);
Dianna I. Tiliks, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Gordon L. Blumenschein, Woodridge, IL (US);
Carol S. Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);
Donald W. Buell, Naperville, IL (US);
John W. Moss, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Timothy R. Whiting, Chicago, IL (US);
Melanie Murphy, Oak Park, IL (US);
Scott E. Bowers, Chicago, IL (US);
Eugene J. Wagner, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Gilbert Badillo, Chicago, IL (US);
Uma Rao, Algonquin, IL (US);
Anthony A. Haeuser, Naperville, IL (US);
Dianna I. Tiliks, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Gordon L. Blumenschein, Woodridge, IL (US);
Carol S. Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);
Donald W. Buell, Naperville, IL (US);
John W. Moss, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
SBC Properties, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a telecommunications network includes, in one embodiment, detecting a call at an originating switch of the telecommunications network and, when a destination for the call matches a predetermined destination, routing the call on designated data trunks. When traffic on the designated data trunks exceeds a capacity threshold, the method further includes routing the call to a terminating switch using interoffice trunks and completing the call to the destination from the terminating switch.