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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Harold C. Fleischer, Iii, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gwen H. Gaffney, St. Louis, MO (US);
Susan D. Eiffert, St. Louis, MO (US);
James C. Merlotti, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael W. Boeckman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brenda S. Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
Harold C. Fleischer, III, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gwen H. Gaffney, St. Louis, MO (US);
Susan D. Eiffert, St. Louis, MO (US);
James C. Merlotti, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael W. Boeckman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brenda S. Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Labs, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer readable medium are provided for defining a service area served by a service location of a telecommunications network customer. The method includes ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area. The geographic area includes a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic sub-designator. The method also includes determining whether any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location. When any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location, the service area is defined by only the sub-designators corresponding to the geographic sub-areas served by the service location. When each of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are served by the same service location, the service area is defined by the geographic designator.