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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Gerard Conn, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Michael C. Lamb, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Dale Paul Lifson, Warren, NJ (US);
Gary A. Munson, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Rajeev B. Patil, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Brian Andrew Postlewait, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of completing a call is disclosed. A call is received in a communications network from a first communication device subscribed to a communications carrier for a called party using a second communication device. A determination is made as to whether the first communication device subscribes to a Same Subscriber Service (SSS). If the first communication device does subscribe to SSS, a second determination is made as to whether the second communication device subscribes to the same communications carrier as the first communication device. If the second communication device subscribes to the same communications carrier as the first communication device, an announcement is provided to the first communication device. Special call treatment is applied to the call, and the call is routed to the second communication device.