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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Victoria M. Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);
Victoria M. Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A telecommunication system includes: a first mobile switching center associated with a directory number, a local number portability data storage device in communication with the first mobile switching center, and a second mobile switching center in operative communication with the first mobile switching center and associated with wireless service to a mobile station. A subscriber associated with the mobile station has ported the directory number from the first mobile switching center to wireless service via another mobile switching center. In several embodiments, a method of relating the directory number to the mobile station for an incoming call is provided. The directory number is associated with a first mobile switching center and wireless service to the mobile station is associated with a second mobile switching center. Ultimately, in each embodiment of the method, the incoming call is forwarded from the first mobile switching center to another mobile switching center.