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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
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 for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an address of the requesting party. Whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area is determined and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area is determined. When the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, data corresponding to the first subscriber area is forwarded. When the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, data corresponding to the second expanded subscriber service area is forwarded.