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Abstract

A system and method of using two-way paging to establish communications with a mobile party having a Personal Telephone Number. In one possible embodiment, the mobile party uses a two-way pager to transmit a terminating number, bandwidth, and protocol to a paging service. The paging service relays the terminating number, bandwidth, and protocol to a Customer Routing Point where the information is stored. Thereafter, when a caller initiates a call to the mobile party by dialing the mobile party's Personal Telephone Number, a Network Control Point is notified. The Network Control Point accesses the Customer Routing Point, cross-references the Personal Telephone Number with the stored terminating number, bandwidth, and protocol, and retrieves the cross-referenced information. The Network Control Point then uses the retrieved information to route the call to a terminating telephone station associated with that information. Other possible embodiments include: using an adjunct to perform the functions of the Customer Routing Point and Network Control Point; and combining an adjunct with a Customer Routing Point and Network Control Point. The call handling services offered through the various hardware embodiments include: registration type routing, call by call type routing, and revertive calling.

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