US Patent No: 7,787,445

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Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing and processing ENUM queries

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Abstract

The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for routing ENUM queries to an ENUM database. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing ENUM queries to an ENUM database. The method includes receiving an ENUM query including a subscriber identifier. An ENUM database is identified among a plurality of non-identically provisioned ENUM databases based on the subscriber identifier. The ENUM query is routed to the identified ENUM database.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TEKELEC, INC.MORRISVILLE, NC66

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Marsico, Peter J Chapel Hill, NC 142 483

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Patent Citation Ranking

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