Geographical number portability
First Claim
1. Telecommunication system, with a communication network, and a database, accessible through said network, said database comprising telephone numbers, and associated with a telephone number a location identification, each location identification comprising a primary geographical location identifier and a secondary geographical location identifier.
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Abstract
Telecommunication system, with a communication network (1), and a database (10), accessible through the network (1), the database (10) comprising telephone numbers (60), and associated with a telephone number a location identification (70), each location identification (70) comprising a primary geographical location identifier (71) and a secondary geographical location identifier (72), wherein the primary geographical location identifier (71) is an identifier of an area (I-VI) of the network (1), such as a postal code, and the secondary geographical location identifier (72) is an identifier of the geographical location associated with the corresponding telephone number (60), such as a geographical place name.
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8 Claims
- 1. Telecommunication system, with a communication network, and a database, accessible through said network, said database comprising telephone numbers, and associated with a telephone number a location identification, each location identification comprising a primary geographical location identifier and a secondary geographical location identifier.
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8. Method for establishing a connection between a calling party and a called party over a telecommunication network, wherein said calling party is identified by a calling telephone number and said called party is identified by a called telephone number, said method comprising the steps of:
retrieving from a database location identification associated with said telephone numbers, and establishing a connection based on said retrieved location identification.
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