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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Pitsa Madoch, Glenview, IL (US);
Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Christopher Michael Lebeau, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
John Wesley Moss, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Dianna Inara Tiliks, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Walter Martin Malinowski, Naperville, IL (US);
Pitsa Madoch, Glenview, IL (US);
Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Christopher Michael LeBeau, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
John Wesley Moss, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Dianna Inara Tiliks, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Walter Martin Malinowski, Naperville, IL (US);
SBC Properties, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch () of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch () of a second carrier based on having received the custom number; and (d) when the call to the switch () of the second carrier includes a plain old telephone number translation of the customer number, routing the call over the second carrier to a service switching point () of a third carrier.