Lucent Technologies Inc.

Douglas Paul Totel

Ronald Bruce Martin

Robert Allen Swanson

Valerie Y Boyle

William Lowell Adams, Jr

Robert Mark Yacobi

A method for detecting translation data error in a central office switch comprises: receiving a call directed to a ported directory number in a switch; retrieving translation data from the switch memory to connect the call to a customer line; and determining that the call cannot be completed to a customer line served by the switch. Upon determining that the call cannot be connected to a customer line served by the switch, a translation data error (TDE) indicator is set in the switch memory so that the instant call, and all subsequent calls directed to the same ported directory number, are connected to an announcement circuit. An translation data error message is also sent to a central switch maintenance and control center by the switch.

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Douglas Paul Totel