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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:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Navneet Patel, Marietta, GA (US);
James Carlton Bedingfield, Lilburn, GA (US);
Assignee:
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
Methods and systems in a messaging system to identify a messaging platform for use in delivery of a message addressed to a mailbox address served by the messaging platform. The messaging system includes a network element and a plurality of directories. Using at least the NPA of the mailbox address, the network element determines which directory includes the indicator for the messaging platform for delivery of the message. Using at least the NPA-NXX of the mailbox address, the directory obtains and provides the indicator of the messaging platform for delivery of the message.