Method for porting a directory number from one wireless service

Details Method for porting a directory number from one wireless service Method for porting a directory number from one wireless service

1997-09-23

2000-10-24

Urban, Edward F.

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Zoned or cellular telephone system

455433, 379207, 379212, 379220, H04Q 724

Patent

active

061380237

ABSTRACT:
A method of porting a wireless terminal's directory number from one wireless service provider to another is disclosed. One illustrative embodiment involves creating a temporary pointer in the recipient wireless service provider's Home Location Register that, during the inchoate porting process, directs a call for the directory number to the donor wireless service provider for completion in well-known fashion. When the porting process is complete, the temporary pointer is deactivated and call processing is completed by the recipient wireless service provider in well-known fashion.

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patent: 5748724 (1998-05-01), Sonnenberg
patent: 5839072 (1998-11-01), Chien
patent: 5890063 (1999-03-01), Mills

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