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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Terry Jacobson, Deerfield, IL (US);
Elizabeth Ann Kidwell, Woodridge, IL (US);
Michael Joseph Meyer, Yorkville, IL (US);
Maria E. Palamara, Denville, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for providing location based service telephone call to wireless subscribers. The system of the present invention provides processes for receiving location data about a wireless subscriber telephone and using the information to find the telephone number of the nearest service provider. The wireless subscriber telephone set can then be connected to the nearest service provider. It is also possible to a plurality of different location identifiers to determine the nearest service provider. In performing a look-up, the list can be used on a priority basis to determine the nearest service provider.