Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
379221130 | Local number portability (LNP) | 11 |
20080198999 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a location routing number based query and response mechanism to effect subscriber cutover - Methods, systems, and computer program products for using an LRN based query and response mechanism (e.g., a switching office number portability processing mechanism) to effect subscriber cutover are disclosed. According to one method, an LRN based response message including a communications service subscriber identifier is received. A cutover switch LRN associated with the communications service subscriber identifier may be determined. The cutover switch LRN associated with the communications service subscriber identifier may be inserted into the LRN based response message and routing the message. | 08-21-2008 |
20090041225 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for number translation with local directory number support - Methods, systems, and computer program products for number portability with local directory number support are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter herein includes a system for providing number translation with local directory number support. The system includes a communications node for receiving, from a message source, a first message that includes information identifying a subscriber. The system also includes a number translation module, operatively associated with the communications node, for determining a network address and a local directory number associated with the identified a subscriber, and for at least one of: including the network address and local directory number in the first message and forwarding the first message to a destination of the first message; and including the network address and local directory number in a second message and sending the second message to the source of the first message. | 02-12-2009 |
20090074173 | LOCAL ROUTING MANAGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - An embodiment of a method includes generating one or more route plans, each route plan being associated with a service plan, and provisioning the one or more route plans on a core routing engine accessible by a softswitch for routing calls according to the one or more route plans. The one or more route plans may include an on-net route plan and an off-net route plan. An embodiment of a system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to generate one or more route plans associated with one or more respective service levels that customers can subscribe to. The system may further include an inventory of trunk groups containing a plurality of trunk group identifiers (IDs), wherein trunk group IDs are marked as either on-net or off-net. | 03-19-2009 |
20090207994 | TELEMATICS UNIT NUMBER PROVISIONING - Examples of the invention are used to provide a system and method for provisioning a telematics unit number based on a phone number already used by a customer. In examples, the telematics unit is provisioned with a number that aligns with a rate center plan, which is likely to result in a number that is local to a number the customer uses for dialing the unit and/or matches the area code of a number on the customer's account. In example a wireless telephone number is assigned to a vehicle telematics unit from an inventory of available wireless telephone numbers by querying the inventory to identify the wireless telephone number that matches one or more of the customer's home rate center, customer's NPA, customer's NXX, and customer's overlay NPA information based on a plurality of predetermined conditions. | 08-20-2009 |
20100040219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING NUMBER PORTABILITY CALL AMONG VARIOUS TELEPHONE NETWORKS - An apparatus for processing a number portability call between homogeneous or heterogeneous telephone networks having a number portability supporting system (NPSS) and an implementation method thereof are provided. More particularly, provided are an apparatus and a method of supporting number portability, by which a number portability database (NPDB) for a variety of telephone networks is established in an NPSS, and number portability among wired telephone networks, mobile telephone networks, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) networks is commonly supported and processed. The apparatus for processing number portability includes: an NPSS formed using computer systems including an NPDB, a router for allowing access by wireline telephone companies, mobile communication companies or VoIP companies, and a number portability main server (NPMS); and computer systems and exchanges of telephone networks accessing the NPSS, querying the NPDB, or relaying and connecting a telephone call. Here, the number portability is a service allowing a telephone subscriber to change telephone service provider without changing an existing telephone number. According to the apparatus and method, a plurality of telephone networks can commonly access the NPSS and process a number portability call without building a local-NPDB, thereby minimizing investment cost for the number portability and facilitating maintenance. | 02-18-2010 |
20100074431 | Systems and Methods for Providing ENUM in an LNP Environment - A system, computer-readable medium system, and method which provide a ENUM specification in an LNP environment where an originating device of a first service provider dials a dialed call for forwarding to a terminating device of a second service provider. There is provided a combined LNP and ENUM database having a central location which is in communication with both an originating office and a terminating office. Both the originating office and the terminating office can look up and use LNP and ENUM information from the combined database. | 03-25-2010 |
20100091977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING NUMBER PORTABILITY SERVICE - A method for implementing a number portability (NP) service includes: by a local NP database, receiving a called user number from a switching device; determining an NP database storing NP data of the callee according to a preset correspondence between the called number and identifiers (IDs) of NP databases storing the NP data of the callee; and obtaining the NP data of the callee from the determined NP database and returning the obtained NP data to the switching device so that the switching device routes a call to the callee according to the returned NP data. In addition, a system for implementing an NP service is provided, including an NP database and a switching device. Two types of NP databases are also provided. With the present invention, each NP database only needs to store partial NP data, which lessens the load of each NP database in storing and updating NP data. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098241 | Local Number Portability for Mobility Management - A mobility management analysis architecture for call management. Systems and methods are provided for routing of a landline-mobile and mobile-mobile call using a switching network (landline or mobile originating) to serve effectively as the “GMSC/tandem” switching layer for the mobile network, as well as for mobile-mobile calls using an originating switch. When a landline switch issues an local number portability (LNP) query, the response to the query can be intercepted by a preliminary mobility management platform that determines a location routing number (LRN) for a visited mobile switching center (V-MSC) to which a destination mobile handset is currently attached. The LRN for that V-MSC is returned in the LNP response to the switch, which then routes the call to the serving V-MSC based on the LRN. The V-MSC then performs the GMSC (gateway mobile switching center) functionality, for example, for that particular call. | 04-22-2010 |
20110182417 | MULTI VENDOR NPAC ADMINISTRATION PEERING - An architecture and accompanying method and apparatus for providing multi vendor administration of telephone numbers being ported from one service provider to another. | 07-28-2011 |
20130003958 | FUNCTIONALITIES FOR LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for local number portability in a telecommunication network are disclosed. An embodiment of a method includes submitting a local number portability (LNP) order for the TN directly to a first telecommunications carrier that the TN is to be transferred from, triggering a port of the TN in accordance with the LNP order, and porting the TN from the first telecommunications carrier to the second telecommunications carrier, wherein the second telecommunications carrier is bypassed by the customer during the submitting and the triggering of the LNP order. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130251134 | Systems and Methods for Providing ENUM in an LNP Environment - A system, computer-readable medium system, and method which provide a telephone number mapping specification in a local number portability environment where an originating device of a first service provider dials a dialed call for forwarding to a terminating device of a second service provider. There is provided a combined local number portability and telephone number mapping database having a central location which is in communication with both an originating office and a terminating office. Both the originating office and the terminating office can look up and use local number portability and telephone number mapping information from the combined database. | 09-26-2013 |