Method for porting a directory number from one wireless service provider to another
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1. A method of porting a directory number from a donor system to a recipient system, said method comprising:
- creating a home location register record in a home location register associated with said recipient system for said directory number, which home location register record comprises a status field and a location routing number field;
populating said status field as inactive and said location routing number field with a first location routing number that is associated with said donor system; and
routine an incoming call that is associated with said directory number based on said first location routing number when said status field is populated as inactive.
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Abstract
A method of porting a wireless terminal'"'"'s directory number from one wireless service provider to another is disclosed. One illustrative embodiment involves creating a temporary pointer in the recipient wireless service provider'"'"'s Home Location Register that, during the inchoate porting process, directs a call for the directory number to the donor wireless service provider for completion in well-known fashion. When the porting process is complete, the temporary pointer is deactivated and call processing is completed by the recipient wireless service provider in well-known fashion.
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1. A method of porting a directory number from a donor system to a recipient system, said method comprising:
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creating a home location register record in a home location register associated with said recipient system for said directory number, which home location register record comprises a status field and a location routing number field; populating said status field as inactive and said location routing number field with a first location routing number that is associated with said donor system; and routine an incoming call that is associated with said directory number based on said first location routing number when said status field is populated as inactive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of porting a directory number from a donor system to a recipient system, said method comprising:
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transmitting an update request to a number portability administrative center, which update associates a directory number with a location routing number that is associated with said recipient system; creating a home location register record in a home location register associated with said recipient system for said directory number, which home location register record comprises a status field and a location routing number field; and routing an incoming call that is associated with said directory number based on a datum in said location routing number field when said status field is populated as inactive. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of porting a directory number from a donor system to a recipient system, said method comprising:
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creating a home location register record in a home location register associated with said recipient system for said directory number, which home location register record comprises a status field and a location routing number field; routine an incoming call that is associated with said directory number based on a datum in said location routing number field when said status field is populated as inactive; and transmitting a message to said donor system that requests that said donor system delete a record in a second home location register associated with said directory number. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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