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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Gayle R. Ekstrom, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Gayle R. Ekstrom, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property 1, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a call to a telephone number are disclosed. Generally a first network element is queried regarding treatment of a call. A telephone number is associated with a second network element, and the call is routed to the telephone number when the first network element determines the call has been previously treated at the second network element based on an originating telephone number of the call.