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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Isaac K. Elliott, Broomfield, CO (US);
Steven P. Higgins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Andrew John Dugan, Superior, CO (US);
Jon Peterson, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert L. Hernandez, Longmont, CO (US);
Rick D. Steele, Longmont, CO (US);
Bruce W. Baker, Erie, CO (US);
Rich Terpstra, Louisville, CO (US);
Jonathan S. Mitchell, Superior, CO (US);
Jin-gen Wang, Westminster, CO (US);
Harold Stearns, Erie, CO (US);
Eric Zimmerer, Westminster, CO (US);
Ray Waibel, Arvada, CO (US);
Kraig Owen, Boulder, CO (US);
Shawn M. Lewis, Southboro, MA (US);
Isaac K. Elliott, Broomfield, CO (US);
Steven P. Higgins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Andrew John Dugan, Superior, CO (US);
Jon Peterson, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert L. Hernandez, Longmont, CO (US);
Rick D. Steele, Longmont, CO (US);
Bruce W. Baker, Erie, CO (US);
Rich Terpstra, Louisville, CO (US);
Jonathan S. Mitchell, Superior, CO (US);
Jin-Gen Wang, Westminster, CO (US);
Harold Stearns, Erie, CO (US);
Eric Zimmerer, Westminster, CO (US);
Ray Waibel, Arvada, CO (US);
Kraig Owen, Boulder, CO (US);
Shawn M. Lewis, Southboro, MA (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data network from and to any of a LEC, a customer facility or a direct IP connection on the data network. The system includes soft switch sites, gateway sites, a data network, a provisioning component, a network event component and a network management component. The system interfaces with customer facilities (e.g., a PBX), carrier facilities (e.g., a LEC) and legacy signaling networks (e.g., SS7) to handle calls between any combination of on-network and off-network callers.