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Telephone system for connecting a customer to a supplier of goods

DC CAFC
  • US 4,757,267 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1987
  • Issued: 07/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for routing a telephone call from a first party who dials a telephone number including digits uniquely characteristic of a given item to a nearby second party out of a group of second parties who can supply said given item, the telephone system comprising:

  • first routing means for routing said telephone call to a telephone service center relatively near said first party;

    location determining means for determining the location of said relatively nearby second party based at least in part on the telephone number dialed by said first party; and

    ,second routing means for routing said telephone call from said first party through said telephone service center to said nearby second party who can supply said item.

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