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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Carl Milton Coppage, Kansas City, MO (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for selecting a network for telecommunication are provided. A type of network supporting a called identifier is identified. Several types of networks are accessible to a calling communication device. A database is queried with a query including the called identifier to identify the types of networks that are accessible to a called communication device. A network corresponding to the called communication device is selected at the calling communication device. A communication session is established between the calling and called communication devices using the selected network.