Apparatus and methods for a scalable communications network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9071468
APP PUB NO 20140071979A1
SERIAL NO

13609420

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A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first request for a name authority pointer to a first in-region name server of a plurality of in-region name servers of a first geographic region responsive to determining that a telephone number of a call is located in the first geographic region, transmitting a second request for the name authority pointer to an out-of-region name server associated with a second geographic region responsive to determining that the telephone number is located in the second geographic region, and receiving the name authority pointer from at least one of the in-region name server or the out-of-region server. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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  • AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Forsyth, James W Royal Oak, US 22 44
Ku, Bernard Austin, US 185 2413
Naidu, Lakshminarashimhan Pearland, US 76 232

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