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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Akram A. Bou-ghannam, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Victor S. Moore, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Vishwanath Narayan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Akram A. Bou-Ghannam, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Victor S. Moore, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Vishwanath Narayan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for presenting telecommunication services to potential customers can include a distributed, platform independent registry disposed within a publicly accessible network. The registry can include a plurality of entries, each entry specifying at least one telecommunication service, wherein selective ones of the telecommunication services can be provided by two or more providers. Each entry can further contain connectivity information for contacting an associated one of the providers across a publicly accessible network in order to obtain the telecom service from the provider. Each of the telecommunication services can be configured to function within multiple switch environments.