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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Jose Benhabib, Freehold, NJ (US);
Sekar Ganesan, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Gerald F Healey, Spring Lake Heights, NJ (US);
David George Lewis, Freehold, NJ (US);
Robert Andrew Malmi, Middletown, NJ (US);
Leslie Ellen Morton, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Alan M Weinstock, Bedminster, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp, Middletown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Virtual dedicated access of telecommunication subscribers (12, 14 and 16) to an inter-exchange carrier (IXC) (20) is provided by way of an intelligent local End Office switch (180) that routes calls either to the IXC or to a local End Office switch (18). The intelligent local End Office switch (180) advantageously serves to perform inter-exchange processing of calls, as required, for calls that originate with, or terminate at, a customer rather than automatically route calls to the IXC for such inter-exchange processing, as was previously required.