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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Christopher Bertram Medders, Woodstock, GA (US);
Drina C. Yue, Central, HK;
Raymond J. Smets, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Joseph Moquin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Evan Kraus, Atlanta, GA (US);
Terry Durand, Roswell, GA (US);
Lawrence R. Berke, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Christopher Bertram Medders, Woodstock, GA (US);
Drina C. Yue, Central, HK;
Raymond J. Smets, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Joseph Moquin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Evan Kraus, Atlanta, GA (US);
Terry Durand, Roswell, GA (US);
Lawrence R. Berke, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for routing calls for a subscriber based on the identification of the calling party or the originating line. Generally, the present invention operates to identify a calling party or originating line and then select a routing list based on this identification. Once a routing list has been selected, the call will be routed to the destination in the routing list. More specifically, when a call is received, an inquiry is made regarding the identity of the calling party or calling line. If the identification can be determined, then an attempt to retrieve a routing list associated with this identification is made. If a routing list has been provided for the identified party or line, the routing list will be retrieved. If a routing list has not been provided for the identified party or line, a default routing list will be selected for routing the call.