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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anurag Goel, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Joan M Sliwa, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379220 ; 379230 ; 379207 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for routing calls from a communication carrier network to a customer. According to the method, setup signaling including a destination telephone number is received from the carrier network representative of a desired call connection. The destination telephone number and a carrier identifier are referred to a memory and a profile of the carrier network is retrieved therefrom. A routing identifier is retrieved from the profile based on the telephone number. Based upon the routing identifier, the call is routed to its destination.