Method for accessing service resource items that are for use in a telecommunications system
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining, by a telecommunications system control apparatus, a domain name based on a first telephone number, wherein said determining comprises parsing the first telephone number to determine the domain name;
sending a message identifying the domain name;
receiving a reply to the message, the reply identifying a second telephone number; and
using the second telephone number to initiate a call.
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Abstract
Service resource items for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service item is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI which is then used to access the desired service resource item.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a telecommunications system control apparatus, a domain name based on a first telephone number, wherein said determining comprises parsing the first telephone number to determine the domain name; sending a message identifying the domain name; receiving a reply to the message, the reply identifying a second telephone number; and using the second telephone number to initiate a call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a telecommunications system control apparatus, a domain name based on a first telephone number, wherein said determining the domain name comprises parsing the first telephone number to determine the domain name; sending a first message identifying the domain name; receiving a second message in response to the first message; using the second message to determine a second telephone number; and using the second telephone number to initiate a call. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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parsing, by at least one computing device, a number string into at least a portion of a domain name; providing the domain name to a database; receiving a record based on the domain name that was provided to the database; using the record to determine a telephone number; and using the telephone number to initiate a call. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
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parsing, by at least one computing device, a number string into at least a portion of a domain name; providing the domain name to a database; receiving a record associated with the domain name; using the record to determine a telephone number; and using the telephone number to contact an entity. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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