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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property L.L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/157 (2013.01); H04L 61/106 (2013.01); H04M 7/128 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/605 (2013.01); H04L 65/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A determination is made whether to forward a request for communication services associated with a specific number range from a physical telephone number mapping service server to a virtual telephone number mapping service server. Responsive to determining to forward the request, a determination is made whether a virtual telephone number mapping service instance has been provisioned to handle requests associated with the specific number range.