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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Randy Mcdonald, Roswell, GA (US);
James C. Bedingfield, Lilburn, GA (US);
Odie H. Garrison, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Randy McDonald, Roswell, GA (US);
James C. Bedingfield, Lilburn, GA (US);
Odie H. Garrison, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system that enables a telephone service subscriber to maintain his or her privacy by providing callers with a disposable telephone number. The system comprises a database that associates the disposable telephone number with subscriber information. The system also comprises a routing device that is in communication with the database. The routing device is adapted to receive calls dialing the disposable telephone number. When a call is received by the routing device, the routing device consults the database to retrieve the subscriber information. When the subscriber information comprises a true telephone number of the subscriber, the routing device forwards the call to the true telephone number.