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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Prasad Nimmagadda, Nocross, GA (US);
Anita H Simpson, Decatur, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling access to information stored in an information database includes an unbundled port service control point coupled to an unbundled port information database. A signal transfer point routes line information database, calling name information, and other queries from an originating network to the unbundled port service control point. The unbundled port information database stores an unbundled port identifier that includes a dialing number for an unbundled port and a service provider identifier. The unbundled port information database also stores an information service identifier that includes a location for the database storing the service provider's information and access rights to that information for various networks. The unbundled port service control point extracts the originating network identity from the query and determines access rights to the requested information based upon the access rights for the information as stored in the database. If the network has access rights to the information, the unbundled port service control point routes the query to the database location specified in the information service identifier.