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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Coyne, Stockholm, SE;
Ari Peltonen, Aachen, DE;
Erkki Joensuu, Siuntio, FI;
Eric L Valentine, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379221 ; 379 34 ; 379211 ;
Abstract
A communication network and associated method, which includes a plurality of switches, routes a call from a receiving switch to a destination switch either directly or through an alternate switch. Either the receiving switch or the destination switch, or both, analyze the contents of a store to determine whether the calling party or the called party is marked for alternate routing. The call may be routed to the alternate switch either from the receiving switch or the destination switch if the call is marked for alternate routing.