Advanced intelligent signal telephone number routing
First Claim
1. A method for defining a service area served by one of a plurality of service locations of a telecommunications network customer, the method comprising:
- ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area, the geographic area including a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic sub-designator;
determining whether any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location;
when any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location, then defining the service area by only the sub-designators corresponding to the geographic sub-areas served by the service location; and
when each of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are served by the same service location, then defining the service area by the geographic designator.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer readable medium are provided for defining a service area served by a service location of a telecommunications network customer. The method includes ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area. The geographic area includes a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic sub-designator. The method also includes determining whether any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location. When any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location, the service area is defined by only the sub-designators corresponding to the geographic sub-areas served by the service location. When each of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are served by the same service location, the service area is defined by the geographic designator.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for defining a service area served by one of a plurality of service locations of a telecommunications network customer, the method comprising:
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ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area, the geographic area including a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic sub-designator;
determining whether any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location;
when any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location, then defining the service area by only the sub-designators corresponding to the geographic sub-areas served by the service location; and
when each of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are served by the same service location, then defining the service area by the geographic designator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
storing, in a table, a plurality of geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining the service area.
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3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
storing the table at a service control point used to route calls to the service location.
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4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
associating a call with the service location by comparing a geographic designator of a caller with the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators of the table.
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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining the service area are each correlated with a predefined telephone number of the service location.
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6. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic designator comprises one of a zip code, a zip code+1, a zip code+2 and a zip code+3.
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7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality sub-designators comprises one of a zip code+1, a zip code+2, a zip code+3 and a zip code+4.
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8. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining the service area against customer geographic information.
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9. The method of claim 8, wherein the customer geographic information comprises a geographic designation of call origination.
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10. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators to limit incoming calls to the service location to calls originating within the service area.
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11. A computer readable medium storing a computer program that defines a service area served by one of a plurality of service locations of a telecommunications network customer by:
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ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area, the geographic area including a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic sub-designator;
determining whether any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location; and
when any two of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are not served by the same service location, then defining the service area by only the sub-designators corresponding to the geographic sub-areas served by the service location; and
when each of the plurality of geographic sub-areas are served by the same service location, then defining the service area by the geographic designator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
storing, in a table, a plurality of geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining the service area.
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13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the table is stored at a service control point used to route calls to the service location.
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14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a call is associated with the service location by comparing a geographic designator of a caller with the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators of the table.
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15. The computer readable medium of claim 11, the defining a service area further comprising:
correlating the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining a service area with a predefined telephone number of the service location.
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16. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the geographic designator comprises one of a zip code, a zip code+1, a zip code+2, a zip code+3, and a zip code+4.
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17. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of sub-designators comprises one of a zip code+1, a zip code+2, a zip code+3 and a zip code+4.
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18. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators defining the service area are compared against customer geographic information.
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19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the customer geographic information comprises a geographic designation of call origination.
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20. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the geographic designators and geographic sub-designators are used to limit incoming calls to the one of the service locations to calls originating within a predefined service area.
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