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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2004
Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Guna D. Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Phillip E. Lawson-shanks, Aldie, VA (US);
Darryl W. Shaw, Lansdowne, VA (US);
Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Guna D. Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Phillip E. Lawson-Shanks, Aldie, VA (US);
Darryl W. Shaw, Lansdowne, VA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for offering communication services supported by a data network and a telephony network. A primary identifier is assigned to a user for access to the communication services, wherein the primary identifier is used by a party seeking to communicate with the user via one of the communication services. The primary identifier is mapped to one of a plurality of secondary identifiers corresponding to the respective communication services. The one secondary identifier is used by at least one of the data network and the telephony network to establish a communication session between the party and the user.