Caller directed routing of a telephone call based on a dialed suffix
First Claim
1. A method of processing a telephone call in a public telecommunications system comprising a plurality of interconnected switches, said method comprising the steps ofresponsive to receipt of said telephone call at an originating one of said switches, receiving a sequence of telephone keypad digits associated with said telephone call, in which said sequence of telephone keypad digits represents a caller dialed telephone number and suffix code, said suffix code immediately following said telephone number and being distinguishable from said telephone number,translating said received dialed telephone number and said received suffix into another telephone number, andforwarding the telephone call to a destination identified by the other telephone number.
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Abstract
The routing of telephone calls in a telecommunications network is enhanced by providing a method for associating a plurality of telephone numbers assigned to a particular subscriber with respective codes such that a caller may dial one of the subscriber'"'"'s telephone numbers and a code associated with another one of the subscriber'"'"'s telephone number in order to direct the routing of the call to the latter telephone number.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of processing a telephone call in a public telecommunications system comprising a plurality of interconnected switches, said method comprising the steps of
responsive to receipt of said telephone call at an originating one of said switches, receiving a sequence of telephone keypad digits associated with said telephone call, in which said sequence of telephone keypad digits represents a caller dialed telephone number and suffix code, said suffix code immediately following said telephone number and being distinguishable from said telephone number, translating said received dialed telephone number and said received suffix into another telephone number, and forwarding the telephone call to a destination identified by the other telephone number.
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10. A method of routing a telephone call in a public telecommunications system, said method comprising the steps of
receiving from a caller a sequence of dialed digits representing a dialed telephone number and a suffix code distinguishable from said telephone number by a delimiter interposed between said telephone number and said suffix, identifying one of a plurality of stored lists of telephone numbers as a function of said received telephone number and selecting one of said telephone numbers from said one list as a function of said suffix code, and forwarding said telephone call to a destination identified by said one telephone number.
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14. A method of routing a telephone call in a public telecommunications system formed from a plurality of switching equipments, said method comprising the steps of
creating at least one database common to said switching equipments and storing a plurality of lists of telephone numbers in said one database, said lists being associated with respective telephone numbers, associating each of the telephone numbers in a list with a respective code, responding, at one of said switching equipments, to receipt of a telephone call associated with a called telephone number and a respective code entered by a caller by sending said called telephone number and said code to said one database, said entered telephone number and said respective code being separated from one another by a predetermined delimiter, and arranging said one database so that it (a) identifies the associated one of said lists as a function of the called telephone number, (b) reads from the associated one of said lists a telephone number associated with the received code and (c) sends the read telephone number to said one switching equipments so that said one switching equipment may forward said call to a destination identified by said read telephone number.
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