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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
Bernard Ku, Austin, TX (US);
James Forsyth, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Douglas Lin, Dallas, TX (US);
John Richardson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Armstrong Soo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernard Ku, Austin, TX (US);
James Forsyth, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Douglas Lin, Dallas, TX (US);
John Richardson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Armstrong Soo, San Francisco, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing ENUM records is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a broker having a detection element that detects a Resource Record (RR) submission made by an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and a comparison element that retrieves from an object-oriented data storage element a zone associated with the RR, identifies a Domain Name Server (DNS) responsible for processing said zone, compares the zone with a volatile memory of the DNS, and updates the volatile memory according to one or more differences detected. Additional embodiments are disclosed.