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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for routing a call to an alternate destination associated with a subscriber of a universal number service, based upon the selection of the calling party. For example, the subscriber may combine access to multiple residential and business telephone numbers via a single universal number. In response to a caller dialing the universal number, the controlling service control point determines whether the subscriber associated with the dialed number has signed up for the universal number service. Upon that determination, the service control point instructs the calling party to select one of the alternate destinations associated with the subscriber. For example, the list of alternate destinations may comprise pagers, cellular telephones, facsimile machines, secondary business or residential telephones, modems, and the like. In response to receiving the calling party's input, the service control point obtains the routing information associated with the chosen destination and instructs the controlling service switching point to route the call to the selected destination.

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First Claim