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Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method of addressing and translating addresses in a network, such as a telecommunications, cellular or transportation network. The system and method in a telephone network assign a directory number to each user, and functional property code(s) to each device a user employs. The same directory number is then used to reach the user, whereby the system will automatically use the functional property code of each device to reach the user's voice line, cellular line, fax line, data line or other telephone network device. The system and method apply to transportation networks such as airlines, busses, rail, and shipping, to pipeline networks such as the oil industry, delivery networks such as postal services, and to other networks in which symbolic addresses are used to designate a source and a destination of traffic.

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First Claim