Completing telecommunications calls in a competitive local and toll enviroment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5661792
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08410585

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In an environment of competitive local and interexchange carriers, offering number portability between local carriers-serving a common region and between switches serving that region, each local carrier accesses a regional database to determine the identify of the carrier and switch serving a local customer. In addition, interexchange carriers access a national database to determine the identity of the carrier and switch serving the customer specified by the number dialed by an originating customer. For customers requiring high reliability service, alternate carriers can be used to serve such customers in case the primary carrier is unavailable; the databases identify these alternate carriers. Advantageously, this arrangement allows a high degree of freedom of movement of customers between carriers and geographic relocation without requiring a number change.

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AT&T CORP32 AVENUE OFTHE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10013-2412

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akinpelu, Akinwale Ademola Leonardo, NJ 3 132
Bhagat, Promod Kumar Morganville, NJ 7 279
Garoutte, Dana Lee Wheaton, IL 4 226
Hatalla, Anthony Clinton, NJ 2 124
Hirsch, Robert Bruce Whippany, NJ 2 124
Krisht, Ali H Ocean, NJ 2 124
Lee, Chiu-Kai Holmdel, NJ 2 124
Shepard, James Benford Pickerington, OH 2 124
Stanley, Dorothy V Warrenville, IL 4 242
Stern, Theodore Louis Suffern, NY 2 124

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