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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Applicant:
Qiang Zhang, Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventor:
Qiang Zhang, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for obtaining an internet address associated with a telephone number is disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a wireless carrier network includes a subscriber database and an ENUM gateway. The ENUM gateway receives an ENUM query related to a subscriber of the wireless carrier from a third party, consults the subscriber database in response to the received ENUM query, and provides an ENUM response to the ENUM query to the third party after consulting the subscriber database.