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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:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Victoria M. Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);
Victoria M. Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of relating a dialed number to a new mobile station in a wireless network is provided. The dialed number is associated with a first mobile switching center, the new mobile station is associated with a second mobile switching center, and wireless service to the first and second mobile switching centers is provided by a common wireless service provider. The method includes: receiving a return result from a first home location register without location information, querying a second home location register, receiving a return result from the second home location register including location information, and communicating temporary routing and location information to a switch associated with the calling party. In another embodiment, the method also includes: pausing an inter-service number portability query process within the first mobile switching center. In another embodiment, a wireless network for relating the dialed number to the new mobile station is provided.