Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a country code identifier in an international enum system

• US 20080049918A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tekelec, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Tekelec
• Inventors: Wiatrowski, Maria A., Heinze, Christopher R., Marsico, Peter J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,358,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0075 Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13141 Hunting for free outlet, circuit or channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/66 Traffic distributors

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a country code identifier in an international ENUM system are disclosed. According to one method, a message is received that includes a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number. A country code identifier may be determined for the telephone number based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number. Further, the country code identifier may be appended to the telephone number of the received message.

Claims

1. A method for providing a country code identifier in an international ENUM system, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a message including a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number;

(b) determining a country code identifier forthe telephone number based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number; and

(c) appending the country code identifier to the telephone number of the received message.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a message includes receiving an ENUM query.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein appending the country code identifier to the telephone number of the received message includes appending the country code identifier to the telephone number in the received message, and wherein the method comprises forwarding the message to a predetermined ENUM server based on the country code identifier.

10. The method of claim 1 comprising forwarding the message to one of a plurality of country-specific ENUM databases based on the determined country code identifier.

11. The method of claim 10 comprising performing ENUM processing at the one of the plurality of country-specific ENUM databases.

12. The method of claim 1 comprising performing ENUM processing based on the telephone number having the appended country code identifier.

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13. A method for ENUM processing in an international ENUM system, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a message including a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number;

(b) determining an ENUM processing action based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number and

(c) performing the ENUM processing action based on the information associated whh a country of origin of the telephone number.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving a message includes receiving an ENUM query.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein performing the ENUM processing action includes forwarding the message to one of a plurality of country-specific ENUM databases based on the information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number.

21. The method of claim 20 comprising performing ENUM processing at the one of the plurality of country-specific ENUM databases.

22. The method of claim 20 comprising removing a country code prefix in the telephone number.

23. The method of claim 13 wherein performing the ENUM processing action includes accessing or pointing to a database based on the information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein accessing or pointing to a database includes pointing to an ENUM database.

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25. A system for providing a country code identifier in an international ENUM system, the method comprising:

(a) a communications module configured to receive a message including a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number; and

(b) an ENUM country code function configured to determine a country code identifier for the telephone number based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number and configured to append the country code identifier to the telephone number of the received message.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the communications module is configured to receive an ENUM query.

33. The system of claim 25 wherein the ENUM country code function is configured to append the country code identifier to the telephone number in the received message and configured to forward the message to a predetermined ENUM server based on the country code identifier.

34. The system of claim 25 wherein the ENUM country code function is configured to forward the message to one of a plurality of country-specific ENUM databases based on the determined country code identifier.

35. The system of claim 34 comprising an ENUM server configured to perform ENUM processing in association with the one of the plurality of country-specific ENUM databases.

36. The system of claim 25 comprising an ENUM server configured to perform ENUM processing based on the telephone number having the appended country code identifier.

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37. A system for ENUM processing in an international ENUM system, the system comprising:

(a) a communications module configured to receive a message including a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number;

(b) an ENUM function configured to determine an ENUM processing action based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number and configured to perform the ENUM processing action based on the information associated with a county of origin of the telephone number.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein the communications module is configured to receive an ENUM query.

44. The system of claim 37 wherein the ENUM function is configured to forward the message to one of a plurality of country-specific ENUM databases based on the determined country code identifier.

46. The system of claim 37 wherein the ENUM function is configured to access or point to a database based on the information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number.

47. The system of claim 46 wherein the ENUM function is configured to point to an ENUM database based on the information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number.

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60. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:

(a) receiving a message including a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number;

(b) determining an ENUM processing action based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number; and

(c) performing the ENUM processing action based on the information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number.

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