ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SINGLE TELEPHONE NUMBER ROUTING
First Claim
1. A method for location-based communications routing, comprising:
- determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party; and
determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area, wherein, when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, a communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the first subscriber service area, and when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, the communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the second expanded subscriber service area.
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Abstract
A method for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party. The method also includes determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area. When the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, a communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the first subscriber service area. When the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, the communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the second expanded subscriber service area.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for location-based communications routing, comprising:
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determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party; and
determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area, wherein, when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, a communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the first subscriber service area, and when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, the communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the second expanded subscriber service area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium storing a computer program for location-based communications routing by:
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determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party; and
determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, determining whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area, wherein, when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, a communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the first subscriber service area, and when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, the communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the second expanded subscriber service area.
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20. A communications apparatus for location-based communications routing in a communications network, comprising:
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a location determiner that determines a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party; and
a service area determiner that determines whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area and, when the location of the requesting party is not in the first subscriber service area, determines whether the location of the requesting party is in a second expanded subscriber service area larger than and including the first subscriber service area, wherein, when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the first subscriber service area, a communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the first subscriber service area, and when the location of the requesting party is determined to be in the second expanded subscriber service area, the communication from the requesting party is forwarded to a routing communications address associated with the second expanded subscriber service area.
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