Title of Invention | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING NUMBER PORTABILITY (NP) AND E.164 NUMBER (ENUM) DATA A COMMON NP/ENUM DATA LOCATOR STRUCTURE |
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Abstract | According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein comprises methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing number portability (NP) and E.164 number (ENUM) data in a combined NP/ENUM database. One method includes receiving a query including a telephone number (TN). A common NP/ENUM data locator structure is accessed to locate a pointer corresponding to the TN. In response to the query being a NP query, the pointer is used to locate NP data, and the NP data is returned. In response to the query being an ENUM query, the pointer is used to locate at least one URI and returning at least one uniform resource locators (URIs). |
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Patent Number | 268721 | ||||||||||||
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Indian Patent Application Number | 7234/CHENP/2008 | ||||||||||||
PG Journal Number | 38/2015 | ||||||||||||
Publication Date | 18-Sep-2015 | ||||||||||||
Grant Date | 14-Sep-2015 | ||||||||||||
Date of Filing | 30-Dec-2008 | ||||||||||||
Name of Patentee | TEKELEC, INC. | ||||||||||||
Applicant Address | 5200 PARAMOUNT PARKWAY MORRISVILLE NC 27560 | ||||||||||||
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PCT International Classification Number | H04M 7/00 | ||||||||||||
PCT International Application Number | PCT/US2007/013732 | ||||||||||||
PCT International Filing date | 2007-06-12 | ||||||||||||
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