Telecommunications system, service control point and method for establishing at least one new dialing plan utilizing the traditional international dialing plan
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a new dialing plan, said method comprising the step of:
- using an international dialing plan to direct a call to-a particular service provider managing the new dialing plan if the call has an international access code and a country code that was an unused country code in the international dialing plan but is now associated with the particular service provider.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system, service control point and method are provided that can establish specialized dialing plan(s) utilizing one or more of the unused country codes in the traditional international dialing plan. In particular, the telecommunications system could translate the digits of a telephone call having an international access code and a previously unused country code to direct the telephone call to a service provider instead of a foreign country. The service provider could then manage one of the new dialing plans and offer a variety of services to their customers including, for example, global vanity numbers, global local number portability, global Internet access, and private dialing plans.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a new dialing plan, said method comprising the step of:
using an international dialing plan to direct a call to-a particular service provider managing the new dialing plan if the call has an international access code and a country code that was an unused country code in the international dialing plan but is now associated with the particular service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for directing a call to either a service provider or a foreign country, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the call originated by a calling party;
directing the call to the foreign country if the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the foreign country; and
directing the call to the service provider managing a dialing plan if the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications system capable of directing a call to either a service provider or a foreign country, said telecommunications system comprising:
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a switch capable of receiving the call originated by a calling party; and
a service control point capable of directing the call to the foreign country when the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the foreign country; and
said service control point further capable of directing the call to the service provider managing a dialing plan if the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A service control point capable of directing a call to either a service provider or a foreign country, said service control point comprising:
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a database; and
a controller capable of receiving the call originated by a calling party, and also capable of directing the call to the foreign country when the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the foreign country, and further capable of directing the call to the service provider managing a dialing plan if the call includes an international access code and a country code associated with the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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