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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1997
Anurag Goel, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Nadine A Guillaume, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Leticia Garcia Johnson, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert Yaeger Peters Jr, Middletown, NJ (US);
Theodore Homer Vagelos, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Walter Paul Zahray, Matawan, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., Middletown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An interexchange carrier (IXC) switch and an associated database route qualified calls dialed to local service provider (LSP) subscribers onto interconnecting facilitiies with local access settlement rates, thereby allowing a local rather than toll cost structure. The IXC switch and associated database operate with existing toll features including those features which translate a private dialed number into a public number. The IXC switch and associated database classify the call into a jurisdictional classification from a customer billing and feature application perspective, and from a routing perspective independent of the customer billing and feature application classification. The jurisdictional classification can include, example, local, toll, interLATA toll or intraLATA toll.